Crime & Safety

Marshals Looking for Jealous Boyfriend Who Stabbed, Murdered Man

The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information which would lead to the capture of fugitive Vaughn Perry.

Vaughn Perry is wanted by the U.S. Marshals and the East Cleveland Police for murder.

Authorities saidΒ Perry killed Maurice "Big Moe" Jackson nearΒ the 1800 block of Mount Union Avenue in East Cleveland on July 3. It’s believed that Perry thought hisΒ girlfriend was having an affair with Jackson, police said.Β 

Authorities said Perry saw the two walking together and waited inΒ the darkness behind his girlfriend’s residence. When his girlfriend and Jackson appeared, PerryΒ 
stabbed and slashed Jackson to death with an unknown sharp instrument, according to a report.Β 

Perry is a 34 year old black male standing approximately 5-feet 9-inchesΒ and weights aboutΒ 190 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Β 

Perry is believed to be hiding somewhere in or aroundΒ Cleveland. Perry also uses the alias, "Mondale Hunter." Perry lived at the Mount Union address butΒ he also has a previous address on Miles near E. 108 Street in Cleveland, police said.Β 

If you have any information in reference to Vaughn Perry, please contact the NorthernΒ Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 1-866-4WANTED or Text keyword WANTED and tip toΒ 847411 (tip411). Tipsters can remain anonymous and reward money is available.

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