Search warrant details extent of investigation into Sheriff Gerald McFaul

CLEVELAND — State agents who raided Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul's office on Thursday were seeking records and evidence of the same improprieties detailed in stories published by The Plain Dealer.

Agents from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation searched McFaul's office and those of his top staff, looking for records from his clambake fund-raiser. Investigators also sought records, journals and logs related to thousands of dollars in cash gifts given to McFaul for his birthday and at Christmas.