Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul gives raises to niece, friends amid 21 layoffs

After Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul told 21 people on Friday that they were being laid off, he handed out big raises to seven people, including his niece, his son's best friend and a good friend from a VFW post.

The longtime sheriff also confirmed Saturday that he hired his son-in-law in 2006 as a security monitor. Louis Vincelli is now a garage superintendent and has been given more than a 100 percent pay raise to wash, fuel and supervise a fleet of vehicles and oversee two employees.