Dec 19, 2017 | Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force
As the holidays approach, Traci Cunningham said the emptiness inside of her caused by the loss of her son nearly 10 months ago hasn’t faded. “I can’t hug a memory, I can’t hug a photo,” Cunningham said. “My pain is never going to go...
Dec 15, 2017 | Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force
A fourth person has been arrested and more charges have been filed in the investigation of a methamphetamine trafficking ring reportedly run from inside the Licking County Justice Center. Joshua L. Webster, 36, of Newark, was arrested Thursday on a charge of engaging...
Dec 13, 2017 | Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force
An inmate at the Licking County Justice Center has been accused of running a major methamphetamine ring from inside the jail, according to documents filed Wednesday in Licking County Common Pleas Court. The inmate is one of three people who were charged this week with...
Nov 28, 2017 | Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force
A man who was previously deported from the United States and re-entered illegally has been charged with possessing about 185 grams of methamphetamine in Newark. Lucio Hinojosa Hernandez, 34, of Columbus, was arrested Monday after detectives with the Central Ohio Drug...
Nov 28, 2017 | Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force
In videos geotagged across the United States, three men who officials say are tied to the Mexican drug cartels partially documented their trip from the west coast to Ohio to sell methamphetamine. They would be able to pay for a new Camaro with “two trips,”...
Sep 17, 2017 | Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force
The auction for the collection of shoes owned by a convicted drug dealer ends Friday, with bids nearing $2,000 for the county so far. The 67 pairs of shoes were confiscated from the home of Kenya Davis, who was found guilty of first-degree felony possession of cocaine...