Seven arrests were made and more are expected, Medina police said Friday, related to drug sales out of a Lafayette Road apartment that were linked to at least three overdoses. Medina police, working with Medina County Drug Task Force agents, reported responding to three separate fentanyl overdose cases in a six-hour span Thursday. A fourth […]

The preliminary cause of death for a woman who died hours after giving birth in a Sterling home is drug abuse. Dr. Amy Jolliff, the Wayne County coroner, said the preliminary findings indicate Kimberly Karosy, 23, who was staying at a home on Second Street, died of a drug overdose. Jolliff confirmed there were no […]

Two more men have been charged with felony drug trafficking after a Tuesday raid of two convenience stores. Ziyad Hirbawi, 54, and Khalid Altemimi, 51, both were charged after synthetic marijuana was found in the 611 Market, 1550 Colorado Ave. Hirbawi is the store owner. Altemimi is one of his employees. The 611 Market was […]

Police on Tuesday raided two convenience stores whose owners are accused of selling synthetic marijuana that led to multiple overdoses over the past 11 days. Elyria and Lorain police and the Lorain County Drug Task Force searched Lorain Deli, 2225 W. 21st St., and 611 Market, 1550 Colorado Ave., starting around 10:30 a.m. Walid Habbas, […]

When area law enforcement agencies were presented with the opportunity to receive kits for officers to use to counteract drug overdoses, Rittman Police Chief Mike Burg was not sure he wanted them. The naloxone, or Narcan, kits were made available through funding from the Mental Health & Recovery Board of Wayne & Holmes Counties after […]