WCPO is aware of the incident involving Steve Raleigh's family

A family member of a well-known Cincinnati weather forecaster was allegedly involved in a robbery in the East End last month.

After a video of the incident made the rounds on social media this week, WCPO Vice President and General Manager Jeff Brogan released a statement on the television station’s Facebook page on Friday confirming that the family of chief meteorologist Steve Raleigh was involved in the incident.

“We are aware of the incident involving Steve Raleigh’s family,” Brogan wrote. “It remains under investigation and no charges have been filed against anyone at this time.”

Brogan added that Raleigh’s report “is consistent with the police report” and WCPO “will continue to monitor official findings.”

Raleigh’s accounts on X, formerly Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, have either been deleted or deactivated.

What happened?

The attack occurred on the evening of June 22 after a minor accident occurred in the parking lot of the Montgomery Inn Boathouse on Riverside Drive, an accident report said.

A Raleigh family member – whose name was not used by the Enquirer because he is not charged with a crime – was driving a black Cadillac Escalade in the Boathouse parking lot when he struck a white Ford F-150 for failing to yield to oncoming traffic, an accident report said.

According to a transcript of police emergency calls, a “large brawl” broke out in response to the accident.

A suspect punched a victim in the head, an incident report states. The victim was thrown to the ground and injured.

Two other people rushed to help the first victim. The perpetrator then hit the other two people and pushed them to the ground, injuring them as well.

A transcript of the police audio recording shows that a woman hit her head during the attack, bled and began vomiting.

The accident report does not provide information on the condition of the victims or whether they were taken to the hospital. However, the accident report does say the driver of the F-150 and another of its passengers were taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

According to the incident report, police believe the suspected attacker was under the influence of alcohol.

It is still unclear if the suspect has any connection to Raleigh or if he was involved in the accident that preceded the incident. The names of the two suspects and five victims in the accident report have been redacted, and police have not made any arrests.

Video footage circulates on social media

The video of the attack was posted by Facebook user Stacie Morrow-Stickrod, who claims to be the victims’ daughter. The post had over 1,000 reactions, 115 comments and more than 2,800 shares as of Saturday morning.

The video shows a man and a woman lying on the ground.

What happened?

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