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SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio – Lance Mason, accused Saturday of stabbing his wife's death, was his former attorney, lawmaker and Common Pleas judge.
But Mason's loss of grace had begun four years earlier, in 2014, when he brutally beat his wife in front of his two young children.
At the time of the attack on his wife, Aisha Fraser, Mason was a Judge for Cuyahoga County. In 2015, he pled guilty to the assault, during which he hit his wife 20 times and knocked his head against the dash of his car five times, breaking an orbital bone.
Here is how Lance Mason went from a respected official to a crime, and then to an employee of the city of Cleveland, to murder a suspect:
Mason was born on August 26, 1967, according to court records. In 2001, he told Cleveland Business of Crain that he graduated from Shaker Heights High School and had a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Wooster. He then obtained a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1992.
1992 – 1995
Mason's first job after law school was with the Regulatory Division of the United States Department of Agriculture. He has dealt with cases such as the lawsuits of meat producers who masked the spoiled meat with chemicals, he told Crain's Cleveland.
1996 – 1999
Mason then served as deputy attorney in Cuyahoga County, according to his page on Ohio Statehouse. He has dealt with a number of criminal cases, including aggravated murders, kidnappings, criminal assaults, rapes and robberies.
As Deputy Attorney, Stephanie Tubbs Jones was the county attorney. When Tubbs Jones took over from retired US Representative Louis Stokes in 1999, she asked Mason to join his congressional staff.
1999 – 2002
As assistant to United States Representative Tubbs Jones, Mason was responsible for the member's district office, responsible for the day-to-day tasks of organizing meetings and community events.
After a few years as District Director of Congress, Mason was appointed to fill a vacant position in the Ohio House of Representatives.
2002 – 2008
At the end of his tenure, he was re-elected to the 8th district in 2002 and in 2004. Mason, a Democrat, was deputy minority whip in his final year.
He was elected in 2006 to the Ohio Senate where he represented the 25th district. Mason also worked for a dozen years as a lawyer in a private firm, according to his Ohio Statehouse page.
August 2008 – August 2014
Governor Ted Strickland announced in August 2008 that he was appointing Mason to fill a vacant vacancy at the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, cleveland.com announced. He resigned from his seat in the Ohio Senate to fill this position.
Mason earned $ 76,173 a year as a senator from the state and $ 121,350 as a judge, according to cleveland.com.
August 2, 2014
A woman leaving an RTA train at around 12:10 called the police after seeing two people arguing inside an orange SUV driving on Van Aken Boulevard at Shaker Heights.
The Appellant stated that the SUV had pressed the brakes in the middle of the road. The appellant stated that he saw "fists flying" inside the car.
Aisha Fraser Mason called 911 around 12:15. saying that her husband had attacked her in front of her two young children and had thrown her off their sport utility vehicle.
"I'm afraid it will hurt my daughters," she told the dispatchers.
Fraser Mason called 911 and reported the passage of a driver who drove her to South Pointe Hospital in Warrensville Heights.
The Cleveland police stopped Mason at around 12:45. and confiscated smoke grenades, semi-automatic rifles, a sword, a bulletproof vest and more than 2,500 rounds of ammunition from the couple's home.
A member of Mason's family called the Cleveland police to tell him that she feared using weapons inside her home to commit suicide, according to the report.
The police arrived and Mason returned. Once inside a police car, he acknowledged that he had weapons in his room and in the attic of his home. Mason was taken to Shaker Heights Municipal Prison.
August 4, 2014
Shaker Heights officials announced that Mason had been arrested and Fraser Mason had been hospitalized as a result of both private and public attacks.
Prosecutors charged Mason with assault, a second degree crime.
The charge documents indicated that Mason had beaten his wife 20 times and knocked her head against the dash of the car five times, breaking an orbital bone. As a result of the incident, she needed a reconstructive facial surgery. Their daughters, 6 and 4 years old at the time, were at the back.
Fraser Mason has filed for divorce. Their divorce has still not been finalized, according to court records.
A Shaker Heights Municipal Court Judge granted a protection order against Mason, barring him from being within 500 feet of his wife or children, cleveland.com reported.
August 13, 2015
More than a year after the incident, Mason pleaded guilty to attempted criminal assault and domestic violence, reported cleveland.com.
A few weeks later, the Ohio Supreme Court suspended Mason from practicing the profession of lawyer. He submitted his resignation as a judge on September 15, 2015.
September 16, 2015
Mason was sentenced by Judge Patricia Cosgrove, Cuyahoga County Common Cause Judge, to two years in prison.
He served nine months and was released in June 2016, announced cleveland.com.
2017
Concealed and disgraced, Mason remained out of public view after being released from prison. He was sentenced to pay a $ 150,000 judgment to Fraser Mason in a civil case for damages after the attack.
His name resurfaced in the fall of 2017 after being hired by Mayor Frank Jackson in late August as director of minority business development at Cleveland.
Mason was one of the 13 candidates for the position, but he was hand-picked by Jackson, who was to run again.
A city official said Mason was the most qualified candidate for the job at $ 45,000 a year.
Jackson was re-elected and Mason continued to work for the city of Cleveland.
November 17, 2018
Shaker Heights police reacted at approximately 9:30 am to a house on Block 17600 on Chagrin Blvd., following a family dispute that allegedly took place at Cleveland.com, involving Mason and Fraser Mason.
Mason fatally stabbed Fraser Mason, sources told cleveland.com. Mason attempted to flee the scene aboard a black Audi SUV, but struck a policeman SUV from Shaker Heights, injuring both the agent and himself.
Mason and the officer were taken to hospital on Saturday.
Mayor Frank Jackson terminated Mason's job Saturday night based on crime charges arising from the Shaker Heights incident.
"I send my deepest condolences to Ms. Aisha Fraser's family, especially to her children," Jackson said in a statement.
Fraser, 44, was remembered Saturday as a beloved teacher at Shaker Heights Elementary School.
"Aisha illustrated the best of Shaker Heights teachers; Intelligent, incredibly attentive to her students and colleagues, active in her profession and within our association, "said Saturday the Shaker Heights Teachers & # 39; Association. "She is loved by many."
The murdered wife of a former Cuyahoga County judge, dishonored, was a beloved teacher at Shaker Heights
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