He worked for daily newspapers in the Midwest as a reporter covering police and court beats. In recent years, his writing has appeared in The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Washington Examiner, Ohio Magazine, and Neoconomist. He is a graduate of St. Edward High School and holds a journalism degree from Ohio University, USA. His first book, House of Horrors: The Shocking True Story of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Strangler (The Kent State University Press, 2012), was Foreword Reviews' 2012 INDIEFAB Book of the Year gold medal winner for True Crime.