Firefighters who fought a house fire at 531 Aetna St. early Friday found more than just heavy fire damage when the smoke cleared, discovering what appeared to be an indoor marijuana grow. Columbiana County Drug Task Force Director Lt. Brian McLaughlin, of the sheriff's office, said agents found 60 marijuana plants in various stages of […]
Sheriff Al Solomon released information on nine drug arrests that took place on Friday morning. The arrests were a result of several months of investigation by the Auglaize / Mercer County Grand Lake Drug Task Force.
History was made in a Clermont County courtroom Friday when a man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for gang-related offenses. RT Raeshawn Wilson Jr. was sentenced to two decades behind bars for his involvement in crimes committed while he served as a leader of the "Get-It-Quick Gang," according to one of the prosecuting attorneys, Jason Nagel. […]
An unnamed drug operation Thursday night may not have garnered the greatest numbers, but it sent a message. "We've had good success in the city of Rittman," said Medway director Dave Smith. "We felt it was time a message needed to be sent that we're out there."
Twelve people were arrested following a drug interdiction operation in Perry County on Monday. Deputies from the Perry County Sheriff's Office and the Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force stopped 28 vehicles and raided a home in the 100 block of Broad Street in Glenford.