Lake County’s Quick Response Team is still in its infancy, but it’s making progress. That is the observation of Concord Township Fire Chief Matt Sabo about the pilot program between the Lake County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Concord Township Fire Department and Perry Village Police Department that […]

The Painesville man arrested in what is considered the Lake County Narcotics Agency's biggest drug bust “in quite some time” was sentenced Oct. 29 to 12 years in prison. Otis Miller, 42, was sentenced by Lake County Common Pleas Court Judge Vincent A. Culotta for first-degree felony cocaine trafficking and second-degree felony aggravated trafficking in […]

The Lake County Narcotics Agency arrested a Painesville man found with a “large quantity of drugs” during an Oct. 15 raid. The agency executed a search warrant at 381 South St. Clair Street in the city following numerous complaints of drug activity at the residence. The Painesville Police Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office assisted […]

A 20-year-old Wickliffe man arrested Oct. 1 by officers from the Wickliffe Police Department was arraigned Oct. 2 on a felony count of trafficking drugs in the vicinity of a school and several misdemeanor offenses, Willoughby Municipal Court records state. Ramse M. Dunn, whose address is listed in court files as 30027 Truman Ave., is […]

Nearly a dozen people were arrested in two states on Wednesday for their alleged role in shipping more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana from California to Northeast Ohio, according to a federal indictment. Dozens of Drug Enforcement Agents, U.S. Marshals, Lake County Narcotics Agents, along with several other local and state police, executed arrest warrants early […]