Crime & Safety

Eugene Roseling Sentenced to 11 Years for Attempted Murder, Felonious Assault

Roseling, 59, of Euclid, had pleaded guilty to the crimes on March 5 in the Cuyahoga Falls case.

Eugene Louis Roseling, 59, of Euclid, was sentenced on Monday to 11 years in prison for getting caught in the act of stabbing his wife.

Roseling pled guilty on March 5 in Summit County Common Pleas Court to attempted murder, a first-degree felony, and felonious assault, a second-degree felony, according to the Falls News Press.

This past November, Cuyahoga Falls police officers Ted Davis and Joel Moledor rushed to Squires Bend after getting a report of a woman frantically screaming.

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When officers arrived, they could hear screams for help from behind a locked garage.

Moledor kicked the door in and he and Davis confronted Roseling as he was stabbing his wife.  

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His wife, who had been staying with family in Cuyahoga Falls, was stabbed three times and beaten up.

Her injuries were non-life threatening.

Roseling could be freed in five and a half years pending a judicial release hearing. He was also sentenced to five years of post release control.

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