Following the passage of a new ordinance, people who possess one type of rare and dangerous drug in Fairport Harbor will now face the same legal penalties as those convicted with marijuana possession. Fairport Harbor Village Council introduced and passed an ordinance at their Feb. 3 meeting lifting the penalty of possessing hashish, or any […]

It's called "marijuana on steroids." Also, the "crack of marijuana." It's dangerous, potent and explosive, and it's turning up in local neighborhoods. It goes by many names including dab, dabbing, wax, butter, honey and amber. "I know someone who almost blew up their kitchen doing it," said "Bill," an admitted drug user and peddler for […]

Three Ashtabula County residents each face a third-degree felony of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals that may be used for manufacture of drugs in Willoughby Hills. David E. Klein, 32, and Breesha L. Noffsinger, 28, both of 2411 Shadyside Drive, Ashtabula; and Stanley T. Smith, 51, of 1554 Black Sea Road in Jefferson; were […]

Seven people were arrested Tuesday, accused of putting thousands of doses of illegal prescription pain killers on the streets of Lake County. The Lake County Narcotics Agency and U.S. Marshall’s Violent Fugitive Task Force conducted the early-morning raids in Painesville, Eastlake, Wickliffe and Cleveland. The seven people were accused of Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs, Aggravated […]

A joint investigation led to the arrest of a Cleveland Heights man accused of selling drugs in Wickliffe on Oct. 29. At about 2:30 p.m., agents with the Lake County Narcotics Agency and detectives with the Wickliffe Police Department allegedly observed 29-year-old Ernest Brutton selling crack cocaine in a motel parking lot on Euclid Avenue, […]