A repeatedly convicted drug dealer, who once had ties to Detroit, was sentenced in a December federal court appearance in Dayton to serve five years in prison for having weapons under disability. David Payne, 37, of Bellefontaine, is currently lodged in Federal Correctional Institution, Safford, Ariz., after he asked in federal court documents to be […]

The METRICH Enforcement Unit with the assistance of ASORT, the Mansfield Police Department and the Richland County Sheriff’s Office served a drug-related search warrant at 577½ Davidson St. on Friday after four suspected heroin overdoses had arrived at MedCentral/Mansfield Hospital during an 11-hour time period, according to a news release from the agency. Detectives located […]

Four men face corrupt enterprise and drug trafficking charges after indictments were handed up Tuesday by a Logan County grand jury. Detectives with the Logan County Joint Drug Task Force and the Logan County Prosecutor’s Office allege Marcus A. Hagans, 26, of 1628 Edwards Ave., Springfield, headed up a trafficking ring that was a major […]

The Ottawa County Drug Task Force handled fewer indictments or bills of information in 2013 than it did the previous year — but, once again, a good deal of the work was done in Port Clinton. “The 67 Drug Task Force indictments charged a total of 167 felony offenses, 73 of which occurred within the […]

A search warrant executed today at a home in the 8000 block of Township Road 55 in Morrow County should result in drug charges against the occupants, according to a press release from the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office. On February 7, 2014, the METRICH Enforcement Unit, along with Morrow County Sheriff’s detectives and the Cardington […]