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 […]

The number of drug-crime indictments nearly doubled last year, which Columbiana County Prosecutor Robert Herron attributed to the additional officers assigned to the county Drug Task Force. "The facts demonstrate your funding of the DTF's efforts have been producing results. It's clearly paying off," Herron told county commissioners this week. Herron met with commissioners to […]

Seneca County Drug Task Force-METRICH Enforcement Unit, along with additional officers from Fostoria Police Department, executed a search warrant on a hotel room at Fostoria Motel, 345 W. Lytle St. It is the motel room of Lamar Snowden, 36, and Tyeesha Ferguson-Snowden, 36, according to a release. The search warrant unveiled money, suspected crack cocaine, […]

Charges are pending against a Tiffin man following a drug-related search warrant at his residence Thursday morning. According to a release from the Seneca County Drug Task Force METRICH Enforcement Unit, law enforcement, which included officers from the Tiffin Police Department, conducted the search at 195 2nd Ave., the residence of James R. Kiser, 31.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said Wednesday that heroin is an epidemic across Ohio. Locally, one drug task force is tackling the problem head on and is preparing for the next epidemic. "If you are going to be a drug dealer, Columbiana County is not where you want to be," said Columbiana County Commissioner Mike […]