Ashlyn Rogers, a 23-year-old from Port Clinton, was sentenced in July 2025 to 18 months in prison for her role in the Cleveland street takeovers of September 2024, and a November 2025 attempt to secure her early release was denied after her original sentencing judge was reassigned off the case amid allegations of improper conduct. Rogers pleaded guilty to aggravated riot and disrupting public service, forfeited her car and phone, and was ordered to serve at least a year before any court would revisit the length of her sentence.
What Rogers Did on the Night of the Takeovers
Between 11:10 p.m. on September 28, 2024, and roughly 4 a.m. the next morning, seven illegal street takeovers rolled across Cleveland, ending with a fire set on Interstate 90 and a party bus attacked by a masked group. Along the way, an officer was struck twice with an airsoft gun, three men were shot at the Broadway Shopping Plaza, ambulances and a fire engine were blocked, and 80 to 100 vehicles clogged the intersection at West 25th and Lorain.1Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. Female and Male Indicted for Street Takeovers in Cleveland
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley called Rogers “a leader in the planning and execution of the September takeovers.”1Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. Female and Male Indicted for Street Takeovers in Cleveland Prosecutors alleged she used Instagram accounts to post about the events, share rules and locations, and update participants as the caravan moved from site to site.2News 5 Cleveland. Port Clinton Woman Gets 1.5 Years in Prison for Role in Cleveland Street Takeovers She was also seen at the West 25th and Lorain takeover around 1:17 a.m. in a white 2020 Infiniti Q50, either blocking the intersection or watching from it.
Charges, Plea, and the 18-Month Sentence
Rogers was arrested on October 22, 2024. A Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted her on November 4, 2024, on one count each of aggravated riot, disrupting public service, and possessing criminal tools.1Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. Female and Male Indicted for Street Takeovers in Cleveland She pleaded guilty to aggravated riot and disrupting public service.2News 5 Cleveland. Port Clinton Woman Gets 1.5 Years in Prison for Role in Cleveland Street Takeovers
On July 15, 2025, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Kira Krivosh sentenced Rogers to 18 months for disrupting public service and 12 months for aggravated riot, to run concurrently for a total of 18 months. She received two days of jail credit.2News 5 Cleveland. Port Clinton Woman Gets 1.5 Years in Prison for Role in Cleveland Street Takeovers313abc. Sentencing for Woman Guilty of Taking Part in Cleveland Street Takeovers4Cleveland.com. Woman Who Helped Direct Cleveland Street Takeovers Gets 18 Months in Prison
Rogers read a prepared statement at the hearing. “I want to express I take full responsibility for my actions. I understand what I did was wrong and I deeply regret the choices that led me here,” she said, telling the judge she was “not the same person I was on Sept. 28.”2News 5 Cleveland. Port Clinton Woman Gets 1.5 Years in Prison for Role in Cleveland Street Takeovers4Cleveland.com. Woman Who Helped Direct Cleveland Street Takeovers Gets 18 Months in Prison Her attorney, Brad Wolfe, told the court that the felony convictions would follow Rogers indefinitely: “Her reputation and her family’s are tarnished for a very long time, if not forever.” O’Malley responded: “I’m certain after receiving her 18-month sentence, she now realizes Port Clinton is better than prison.”
The Early Release Bid and a Judge’s Reassignment
Months into her sentence, Rogers moved for early release. Wolfe argued she had drawn a harsher penalty than more culpable participants and that prosecutors had walked back their initial description of her as the ringleader. He said she was “simply not the organizer or leader” of the takeovers.5Cleveland.com. Woman Sent to Prison for Cleveland Street Takeovers Seeks Early Release
Wolfe also described conditions at Dayton Correctional Institution. He said Rogers had been isolated up to 23 hours a day and shut out of most rehabilitation programs, held hostage by a cellmate for 30 minutes, exposed to violence, tear gas, and drug overdoses, and deprived of critical medications and mental health support.5Cleveland.com. Woman Sent to Prison for Cleveland Street Takeovers Seeks Early Release
Before the motion was resolved, Wolfe alleged that Judge Krivosh had conducted an improper independent investigation into Rogers and engaged in ex parte communications, meaning contact with one side of a case without the other side present, which is generally prohibited under Ohio judicial rules. He said he raised the issue after consulting with ethics attorneys and former judges. On November 17, 2025, administrative judge Brendan Sheehan reassigned the case to Judge David Matia, citing “good cause shown.” A court spokesman described the move as a recusal by Judge Krivosh, though the reassignment order was signed by Judge Sheehan rather than Krivosh.6Cleveland.com. Cuyahoga Judge Reassigned Amid Allegations of Improper Investigation in Street Takeover Case
Judge Matia held a hearing on November 19, 2025, and the next day denied the motion, ruling that Rogers must serve at least one year of her 18-month sentence before the court would consider another early release request.7Cleveland.com. Judge Denies Early Release for Woman in Cleveland Street Takeover Case
How Her Sentence Compared to Others
Rogers’ 18 months turned out to be the third-longest sentence handed down among the 23 people convicted in the takeover cases. Tyrique Loury of Garfield Heights, whom prosecutors identified as the “main organizer” and charged with eight counts of aggravated riot along with numerous other offenses, ultimately received nine months in prison and three years of probation from Judge Lauren Moore in September 2025. Prosecutors had asked for five years. Judge Moore said she gave Loury less time primarily because he had no prior record. His attorney, Carl Sullivan, said early media reports had wrongly cast Rogers as the ringleader and that prosecutors later acknowledged Loury was the one who “made this happen.”8Cleveland.com. Cuyahoga Prosecutors Complete Crackdown on Cleveland Street Takeovers
Jordan McDonald of Akron, whose gray 2023 Dodge Charger was documented at all seven sites, received two years of probation after pleading guilty to similar charges.8Cleveland.com. Cuyahoga Prosecutors Complete Crackdown on Cleveland Street Takeovers The longest sentence, three years, went to Iziah Bond, who pleaded guilty to five counts of aggravated riot along with weapons and stolen property charges after a firearm and stolen vehicle parts were found in his car.9Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. Iziah Bond and Robert Polk Sentenced to Prison for Street Takeovers In total, the prosecutor’s office secured convictions against 23 of 24 people charged, 22 of them felonies, with 14 defendants serving jail or prison time and 10 vehicles forfeited.
Why Rogers Wasn’t Charged Under Ohio’s New Takeover Law
Ohio House Bill 56, signed by Governor Mike DeWine on July 24, 2024, took effect on October 24, 2024. The law classifies street takeovers and stunt driving as first-degree misdemeanors, mandates license suspensions of up to three years, holds those who assist equally liable, and raises fleeing from police during such an event to a fourth-degree felony.10Spectrum News 1. Ohio Law Focused on Stunt Driving, Street Takeovers Now in Effect The Cleveland takeovers happened weeks earlier, so Rogers and her co-defendants were charged under existing statutes, most notably aggravated riot, a fifth-degree felony.