A Marion man is facing multiple drug and weapons charges after being arrested earlier this week. According to a press release issued by the MARMET/METRICH Drug Task Force, Keair L. Key, 29, Marion, was arrested around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday in the 800 block of East Church Street in Marion. Officers from MARMET/METRICH drug task […]

Marion police have arrested three people, including the owner of a local hot dog stand, on suspicion of drug trafficking. Local law enforcement served search warrants at two Marion residences Thursday, where officers say they found suspected drugs with an estimated street value of $18,500, according to a press release issued by the MARMET Drug […]

Forty-three people were indicted in federal court for their suspected roles in two separate conspiracies to sell large amounts of drugs in the Mansfield area. Twenty-three people were charged in a 42-count indictment with conspiracy to possess intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, oxycodone and marijuana and other charges, according to Justin E. Herdman, the U.S. […]

The Lake County Narcotics Agency seized $8,000 worth of drugs during a bust at a Willowick home. The agency executed a search warrant Aug. 1 at a residence along the 29000 block of Barjode Road after several complaints of drug activity had been made. Officers seized the drugs that included cocaine and oxycodone tablets as […]

Two METRICH raids Thursday netted authorities a cache of 188 fake Oxycodone pills that officials suspect contain fentaynl, according to Mansfield police Lt. Joseph Petrycki. Also found during the raids — the first one at 264 E. First St. and later at a storage unit on West Longview Avenue — were two guns, $750 cash […]