Stephan Greene was an 18-year-old African American male who died on June 19, 2014, in Akron, Ohio. His death became part of a larger investigation that led to multiple arrests and prosecutions connected to organized criminal activity and a murder-for-hire plot.

Authorities later arrested Duane E. Griffin Jr., 23, of Akron, and Stephan Green, 31, on drug possession and intent to deliver charges after deputies found drugs and a firearm during a traffic stop near Ripley, West Virginia. Stephan Green was reported to have had an outstanding warrant for felony murder in Summit County, Ohio, tied to a 2018 murder-for-hire case connected to Stephan Greene’s death. The broader investigation also involved Charles J. Greene, who was convicted of murder, aggravated robbery, and kidnapping in the 2008 death of 81-year-old Alyce Seff, and whose activities were reported to link into the series of crimes surrounding these cases.