One male suspect was arrested after the Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force reported it discovered 122 marijuana plants, grow equipment and paraphernalia associated with marijuana cultivation Wednesday at a home in Etna. The arrest occurred on the 5000 block of Columbus Road with the assistance of the Licking County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team. Also […]

More charges were filed Thursday against three people who were arrested at the Gathering of the Juggalos in July. A grand jury returned indictments Thursday charging each of the three men with additional felonies. •Daniel Romisch, 26, of Nebraska, was charged with two first-degree felony counts of rape. According to court records, Romisch was suspected […]

Authorities have arrested and charged two men after separate investigations culminated in two drug raids in the past week. A juvenile was also taken into custody during the most recent raid. The arrests are the result of months-long investigations among the county and city joint drug task force, as well the Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task […]

The owner of Big Momma’s House of Chicken and Fish was arrested and charged Thursday with receiving a shipment reportedly containing a kilogram of cocaine. Steven L. Smith, 45, last known address 314 N. 10th St., was charged with possession of cocaine, a first-degree felony.

A man and woman from Coshocton, each charged with a single count of trafficking in heroin, remain in custody on $100,000 bonds, set Friday by Coshocton Municipal Court Judge Tim France. Bernardo Leyva, 65, and Yvonne McDaniel, 43, appeared for bond hearings on the first-degree felony charges at 3 p.m. Friday, according to Coshocton County […]