Security cutback in Ohio where remains of 11 found

CLEVELAND (AP) — Police security will be scaled back at the house in Cleveland where the remains of 11 slain women were found last year.

The home of murder suspect Anthony Sowell is surrounded by a city-installed 10-foot fence and is under 24-hour surveillance by officers.

But a judge’s ruling from last week means security can be reduced after June 5 to nighttime hours, in a cost-saving move requested by the city.

By then, Cleveland will have spent $123,000 in seven months to secure the property.

The house will be preserved to allow an inspection by a defense evidence expert and a visit by the jury during the trial beginning in September.

Sowell has pleaded not guilty to killing the 11 victims and dumping their remains in and around the house.