Two men that prosecutors called enforcers of a local drug trafficking ring were sentenced Wednesday in the murders of four people in Youngstown. Hakeem Henderson was sentenced to 36 years to life, and Michael Austin was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

A verdict was reached Thursday for two Youngstown men accused of killing four people. Hakeem Henderson was found guilty of aggravated murder in the deaths of Adam Christian and Raymond Hayes in Youngstown. The two were shot to death and their bodies found just days apart in November 2011. Henderson was also found guilty of a pattern […]

A Sandusky man has been indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges related to the death of a Port Clinton woman who overdosed on laced heroin in October. Daniel Evans, 29, faces additional felony charges of corrupting another with drugs and four additional counts of aggravated drug trafficking in the death of Sarah Hetrick, 31, according to […]

Bond is set at $200,000 for a man accused of selling heroin to a Chardon man who overdosed and died last year. Alphonso M. Ligon, 49, of Cleveland pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, corrupting another with drugs, and trafficking in heroin during his arraignment Thursday in Geauga County Common Pleas Court. He is in […]

A Sandusky man was arrested and charged with tampering with evidence in connection with an investigation into the death of a Port Clinton man on Saturday. James R. Bell, 40, of Sandusky, was arrested Monday on a warrant out of Ottawa County Municipal Court. Bell was charged with tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, and […]