Ohio

Municipal Court Judge Joy Kennedy

Cleveland Municipal Court

Case on record: 1
Ended in a killing: 1
Prior arrests across these defendants: 9

Background

Cleveland Municipal Court judge. In December 2025, lowered Donnie Allen's bond from $15,000 to $5,000 over prosecutor objection. The Bail Project posted bond. Six days later Allen allegedly shot and killed Benjamin McComas at a Cleveland transit station.

Cases on record

days after release

Murder in Cleveland, Ohio

Benjamin McComas, 27

Released December 8, 2025. Terms: $5,000 bond (lowered from $15,000).

Allen allegedly shot McComas at a Cleveland RTA light rail station six days after his release. Allen had been bonded out via funds provided by The Bail Project, a national nonprofit, despite explicit warnings from his own family.