Cleveland woman known as 'Queen' charged in break-in, pistol-whipping over woman's drug debt

A Cleveland woman known as "Queen" is charged in a break-in that involved two men pistol-whipping a man over his wife's drug debt. (File photo)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland woman known by the street name "Queen" is accused of breaking into a home with two other men who pistol-whipped a husband over his wife's $800 drug debt.

LaTierra T. Williams, 33, is charged with aggravated burglary in the Aug. 25 break-in at a home on Riverside Avenue near West 32nd Street, according to court records.

She is not in custody but a warrant was issued Friday for her arrest, court records say.

Detectives have not yet identified the other two men involved in the burglary, police said Tuesday afternoon.

A Cleveland couple was asleep in their home when two men and a woman kicked in their front door. The 26-year-old wife identified the woman as someone she knew as "Queen" and the men as people she knew as "Q" and "Poo," according to a police report.

Detectives later identified Williams as the woman known as "Queen," court records say.

"Poo" and "Q" pistol-whipped the 56-year-old husband while demanding the money his wife borrowed weeks earlier to buy heroin, the police report says.

"Queen," who was wearing a blond wig and a leopard-print jumpsuit, forced the wife into another room to turn off the home's security alarm, the police report says.

The trio took $700 from the husband's pocket before they left the home, court records say. They drove away in a white SUV.

The wife initially told police officers that she borrowed $800 from "Queen" to buy furniture. The wife later admitted the money was used to buy heroin, the police report says.

The husband said "Queen" came to his workplace earlier that day and demanded the $800. The husband gave her $400 and tried to get a cash advance to pay the rest, but it was turned down, the police report says.

The husband suffered a ruptured eardrum and a cut on his face that required stitches to close, court records say. He was taken to MetroHealth for treatment.

The couple's two 2-year-old children were also in the home but were asleep when the burglary occurred, the police report says. Investigators notified Cuyahoga County Children Services about the incident.

Williams' criminal history includes prior convictions for assault, attempted abduction, drug trafficking, drug possession and endangering children, according to Cuyahoga County court records.

She is currently charged with involuntary manslaughter in a case that accuses her of selling drugs to a man who overdosed and died last year, court records say.

Williams and another woman sold drugs to Jesse Ray Keener Jr., who was found dead June 12, 2017 at a La Quinta Inn in North Olmsted, court records say.

Keener, 32, fatally overdosed on a mixture of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil, Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's records say.

A Cuyahoga County judge issued a warrant for Williams' arrest after she failed to respond to a summons to appear in court earlier this year, court records say.

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