Jurors in the case against three members of the activist group New Era Cleveland will return on Monday to continue deliberations, despite the prosecutor’s emergency motion, first filed Thursday and refiled Friday at the Ohio Supreme Court, to pause the case.

The trial of co-defendants Antoine Tolbert, Rameer Askew and Austreeia Everson started July 8. The three members of New Era face several felony charges, including extortion, aggravated robbery, kidnapping and aggravated menacing for a series of incidents on Cleveland’s East Side between July 27 and Aug. 15, 2024.

Prior to closing arguments in the trial, which centered on whether the three community activists’ activities were part of their community work or criminal behavior, prosecutors sought to have a mistrial declared.

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