CLEVELAND — News 5 Investigators have learned the federal monitor overseeing Cleveland police reforms resigned Wednesday afternoon.

According to a federal court document, Karl Racine "submitted a resignation letter expressing his intent to no longer serve as Monitor of the Cleveland Consent Decree."

The document said "his fellow Hogan Lovells colleagues, including Deputy Monitor Stephanie Yonekura, would also transition off the case."

Tyler Sinclair, communications strategist, City of Cleveland, sent us the following statement about Racine's resignation:

"This was unexpected, as the first time we were informed of the resignation was in court a mere 2 hours ago. As such, we will have internal discussions in the coming days to discuss next steps."

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