On April 9th, 2015 the Wilmington Police Department responded to 182 Michigan Ave. Wilmington, Ohio reference an unresponsive male subject. Upon arrival of Officers, they found Cody Hart, age 23 of Wilmington unresponsive. Cody was transported to Clinton Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead by CMH staff. An investigation was conducted and discovered DeLee Wampler, age […]

Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil reports the arrest of Kenneth Gentry age 32, of 5160 Montgomery Road.   Kenneth Gentry was arrested today by Agents of the Regional Narcotics Unit after a Hamilton County Grand Jury indicted him on Involuntary Manslaughter and Corrupting Another With Drugs in the death of Scott Kehrer age 38 of Arlington […]

Lorain County Drug Task Force made the following arrest: Daniel Simonovich, age 40, of Lorain. He was recently indicted by the Lorain County Grand Jury on a 2nd degree felony count of Deception to Obtain Dangerous Drugs. It is alleged that on May 10, 2015 Simonovich got a prescription filled in the name of a […]

The robust crowd gathered at the Rittman Community Forum were quick to engage law enforcement personnel about local opiate drug activity, asking what residents can do to help stop the apparent upward trend in usage. The forum, held at Rittman's Heritage Hall Monday, was attended by about 60 residents of varied backgrounds. Whether the comments […]

Thanks to Naloxone, an opioid antagonist also known as Narcan, three lives were saved from overdoses in the village in April. Police Chief Bryon Meshew said the first life-saving incident happened April 15 when Sgt. Ed Hamilton received the call, he said, and upon arrival checked for vital signs. What he found was indicative of […]