EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — East Cleveland Mayor Lateek Shabazz has fired Assistant Law Director Heather McCollough, the latest personnel change in what has continued to be a chaotic period at City Hall.

In a Friday afternoon press release, Shabazz's team claimed McCollough had produced "seven years of unlawful service as a city prosecutor and a disturbing record of concealment, misconduct, and constitutional violations." The mayor himself alleged McCollough "never lawfully entered the office of East Cleveland's prosecutor" and "failed to take and file a valid oath of office as required by Ohio law and the East Cleveland Charter."

"Every prosecution she conducted was under color of law, without legal authority," Shabazz wrote.

McCollough had been acting as the city's top prosecutor ever si

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