Chris Anderson
Digital Content Producer
Cleveland, Ohio
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Christopher Anderson joined Cleveland 19 News as a Digital Content Producer in Feb. 2017.
He started his career in news in Washington D.C. in 2009 after graduating from Eastern Florida State College.
While in D.C., Christopher contributed to coverage of significant events including presidential inaugurations and protests, Pope Francis’ visit, and a mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.
Christopher now lives on the east side of Cleveland with his wife, who he met while working in D.C. The two welcomed their first child in June 2018.
When he’s not at work, Christopher enjoys taking adrenaline-filled risks like surfing and skydiving, taking photographs, and looking for the best local pizza joints.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 11:35 AM CST
|By Chris Anderson
Consumers with the recalled blenders can receive a free replacement blade and assembly instructions.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2022 at 11:16 AM CST
|By Chris Anderson
On Wednesday, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium announced the birth of a baby white rhinoceros.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2022 at 4:18 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson and Alec Sapolin
First responders pronounced the male truck driver, who has not yet been publicly identified, dead at the scene.
Couple sentenced for shooting boy with BB gun; child forced to eat off floor during years of torture
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 10:06 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson and Debra Worley
The two pleaded guilty in September 2022 to charges that include kidnapping, endangering children and tampering with evidence.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 10:39 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson and Gray News Staff
Authorities in Ohio are searching for a pickup truck that struck a police cruiser, forcing an officer to dive for safety.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 8:48 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson and Gray News staff
Crews spent several hours working to shut power off and extricate the body.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 10:26 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson and Kelly Kennedy
According to Akron police, officers tried to pull over a driver for a traffic violation. The driver, identified by police as Jayland Walker, refused to stop, prompting a chase.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 6:17 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
Several volunteers and witnesses are being credited with saving a child from an attempted abduction that occurred at a fundraising festival in Ohio.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 7:51 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson and Andrew McMunn
The mother of a baby who was found dead in the trash at a college in Ohio in 2019 was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2022 at 11:29 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson and Jordan Gartner
Police in Ohio are investigating a case involving a stolen puppy.
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 3:20 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson, Michelle Nicks (WOIO) and Emily Van de Riet
A 21-year-old man has been charged with operating a vehicle while impaired for an incident involving a horse-drawn buggy.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 4:08 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson and Gray News staff
A crash involving a dump truck and an Ohio Department of Transportation vehicle caused an explosion Thursday morning.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 10:19 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson, Brian Duffy and Debra Worley
The top level of an apartment complex parking deck in Cleveland collapsed onto the underground level of the garage just before midnight Tuesday, according to investigators.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 5:14 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson, Brian Duffy and Gray News staff
Police are still investigating the incident and will release any information on criminal charges at a later time.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 6:38 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson and Debra Worley
William Beasley was convicted of murder, involuntary manslaughter and two counts of endangering children.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2022 at 1:37 PM CST
|By Chris Anderson and Andrew McMunn
Several Ohio law enforcement agencies carried out an investigation over a few months resulting in the seizure of approximately 64 pounds of narcotics.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 at 1:10 PM CST
|By Chris Anderson, Jim Nelson and Andrew McMunn
12 people were injured and about 40 cars damaged after a snow plow cleared the Ohio Turnpike, according to authorities.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 at 9:04 AM CST
|By Chris Anderson and Gray News staff
A large amount of suspected fentanyl, hidden in a concealed area under the car, was confiscated during a recent traffic stop the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2022 at 11:49 AM CST
|By Chris Anderson and Gray News Staff
An Ohio man was caught on camera accidentally discharging his gun, injuring himself and a woman standing nearby.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2022 at 2:39 PM CST
|By Chris Anderson, Kristin Mazur and Gray News staff
Ohio police have released body camera video that shows a fatal officer-involved shooting that happened just after midnight on New Year’s Day.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 7:25 AM CST
|By Chris Anderson and Gray News staff
The Twinsburg Police Department announced on Tuesday that human remains discovered in 1982 have been identified nearly 40 years later as Frank “Frankie” Little Jr., a guitarist and songwriter for the band The O’Jays.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2021 at 9:54 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson and Jim Nelson
Police in Akron and a band touring the country are in search of the musicians’ van that was stolen over the weekend while in Northeast Ohio for a concert.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2021 at 8:22 PM CDT
|By Amanda Alvarado and Chris Anderson
The man allegedly groped flight attendants and punched one in the face on a Frontier Airlines flight from Pennsylvania to Florida on July 31.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2021 at 9:21 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
A woman who identified herself as a nurse practitioner student tried to defend an Ohio doctor’s unproven claim by proving she actually is magnetic after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2021 at 7:14 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
An Ohio bar owner said he will no longer play NBA games for customers at his establishment until LeBron James is “expelled” from the league.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2021 at 10:28 AM CST
|By Chris Anderson
A 55-year-old Parma Heights woman is facing several criminal charges after she refused to wear a mask inside a Northeast Ohio grocery store.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2020 at 11:53 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
An Ohio woman known for turning pumpkins into celebrities and iconic characters unveiled her latest project.
177 arrests, 109 survivors rescued during largest anti-human trafficking operation in Ohio’s history
Updated: Oct. 26, 2020 at 8:57 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost discussed the results of, what he believes was, the largest anti-human tracking operation in the state’s history, which was conducted in the last week.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
An outspoken Ohio sheriff is responding to the election-time trend of celebrities threatening to move out of the country if the candidate of their choosing is not elected.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 4:14 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
A joint-effort over the past month between local and federal law enforcement agencies resulted in the recovery of nearly three dozen missing children, the U.S. Marshals Service announced.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2020 at 3:19 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson, Sia Nyorkor and Rachel Vadaj
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday morning to publicly call for a boycott of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.‘s products.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2020 at 6:31 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson and Jim Nelson
Statues of Columbus are being vandalized or dismounted across the country in hopes of erasing the connection to his legacy and cruelty towards indigenous people upon arrival to America.
Updated: Jan. 1, 2020 at 8:27 AM CST
|By Chris Anderson
Illegal celebratory gunfire turned deadly just after midnight on New Year’s Day, according to Cleveland police.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2019 at 9:12 AM CST
|By Chris Anderson
A Warrensville Heights student just became the youngest from the school district to graduate from Cuyahoga Community College.
Updated: Dec. 18, 2019 at 11:53 AM CST
|By Chris Anderson
An Ohio photographer captured a newborn’s priceless expression during a recent shoot.
PA clothing company responds after Steelers win over Browns with new shirt: ‘Pittsburgh finished it’
Updated: Dec. 2, 2019 at 10:14 AM CST
|By Chris Anderson
Northeast Ohio’s popular T-shirt maker GV Art & Design released their product first, but the Pittsburgh Clothing Company may have had the last laugh.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2019 at 9:59 AM CST
|By Chris Anderson
The backlash from fans in support of Myles Garrett and against Mason Rudolph is continuing to pour in.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2019 at 10:26 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
In honor of his later mother, former NFL professional DeAngelo Williams helped pay for more than 500 mammograms over the past five years.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2019 at 3:41 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
A 12-year-old boy has a story for the “ice” ages after a recent trip to a resort in Holmes County.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2019 at 2:50 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
A man who was swept over Niagara Falls was able to escape without serious injury, according to Canadian police.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2019 at 1:14 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
For the first time in North America, medical staff from the Cleveland Clinic delivered a baby from a deceased donor’s uterus.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2019 at 1:19 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
Two Ohio newlyweds proved that it’s never too late to find love.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2019 at 1:01 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
Social media platforms experienced sporadic network outages on Wednesday.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2019 at 9:32 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
Swarms of mayflies invaded Northeast Ohio’s lakeshore overnight, blanketing cars and homes that were in their path.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2019 at 9:18 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
An attendant to Sunday’s Cleveland Indians game at Progressive Field is hoping to reunite a stuffed toy with its rightful owner.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2019 at 11:16 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
An Ohio man is behind bars after allegedly breaking into a home and stroking a woman’s feet.
Updated: May. 16, 2019 at 9:43 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
LeBron James and Walmart have formed a partnership aimed at improving education and reducing hunger in communities throughout the country.
Updated: May. 13, 2019 at 3:53 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
A senior at McKinley High School in Canton will be graduating soon looking a lot different than he did at the beginning of the school year.
Updated: May. 12, 2019 at 5:04 PM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
An Ohio woman was taken to jail and charged with burglary after allegedly breaking into a residence and making herself feel at home.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2019 at 9:33 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
The saying goes, “Third time’s a charm,” but that doesn’t ring true for one Ohio woman.
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