Bath salts and synthetic marijuana were targets of a drug sweep conducted Wednesday by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. The synthetic drugs are illegal in Ohio, but authorities learned that some retail stores continued to sell products containing the drugs after the ban.

The parents of a middle and high school student were arrested Thursday, accused of selling marijuana to high school students. According to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, the drug task force received a complaint regarding marijuana being sold to high school students at Franklin Heights High School.

A woman has been arrested and charged with one count of prostitution after a search warrant was executed at her Upper Arlington home Monday morning. Officers from the Upper Arlington Police Division and the Franklin County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at a home in the 2800 block of Chateau Circle after receiving […]

A Circleville drug raid ended with five people under arrest. The suspects are charged with felony drug counts and will face a judge in Pickaway County on Friday. Deputies said Raymond Tackett, Jr., Darrell West, Ashley Rowley, Garrett Craig and Brandy Craig were outside the Relax Inn on US 23 Thursday night. That's when deputies made the […]

A 27-year-old Groveport man is facing drug charges after investigators reported finding a marijuana grow project that he was allegedly conducting from his home in southeast Franklin County. Anthony L. Gurden was arrested by Franklin County Sheriff's deputies and the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) on a federal arrest warrant for aggravated robbery. Gurden […]