Newburgh Heights is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.58 square miles (1.50 km2), all land.

[6] As of the 2000 census, the center of population in Cuyahoga County was located in Newburgh Heights, near East 26th Street.

Former mayor Trevor Elkins was accused of illegally using campaign funds for personal reasons from 2015 to 2019.

The Franklin County Prosecutor's Office is expected to take up the case and has said that a felony charge is "fully on the table."

[11] Former Newburgh Heights mayor Trevor Elkins, accused of elections-related offenses, agreed to plead guilty to three misdemeanor charges.

Prosecutors accused Elkins of dipping into his campaign account 650 times between 2015 and 2019, totaling more than $134,000.

Elkins told the Ohio Elections Commission last month that he put his own money into the campaign account and sometimes withdrew it for personal use.

Newburgh Heights is a nationally-known[12] speed trap, employing traffic cameras along a very short stretch of Interstate 77 that runs through it.

In addition, traffic cameras are employed in the stretch of Harvard Avenue that leads to the I-77 on ramp.

[citation needed] Former mayor Trevor Elkins said in 2017 his village issues about 300 speeding tickets per week from using its one hand-held camera.

He said the system is safer than when officers pull over speeding drivers, and he disagreed with critics who might say the camera is a cash grab.

"[15] As of July 3, 2019, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law legislation that reduces state funding for any city, town, or village operating red light or speed cameras by an amount equivalent to the fines collected.