Valentine's Day wasn't very sweet for some city residents as several law enforcement officers simultaneously executed search warrants at three locations just before dawn Friday, resulting in three arrests and confiscation of drugs and other evidence. The county Drug Task Force (DTF) was assisted by city police officers, the county Special Response Team (SRT), county […]
The number of drug-crime indictments nearly doubled last year, which Columbiana County Prosecutor Robert Herron attributed to the additional officers assigned to the county Drug Task Force. "The facts demonstrate your funding of the DTF's efforts have been producing results. It's clearly paying off," Herron told county commissioners this week. Herron met with commissioners to […]
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said Wednesday that heroin is an epidemic across Ohio. Locally, one drug task force is tackling the problem head on and is preparing for the next epidemic. "If you are going to be a drug dealer, Columbiana County is not where you want to be," said Columbiana County Commissioner Mike […]
Columbiana County deputies attempting to serve a warrant on Sunday afternoon not only found Nathan Steer in the East Eighth Street home, but also about 40 marijuana plants, methamphetamines and meth labs for making the substance. Two deputies along with a Salem police officer went to the house at 278 E. Eighth St. at 1:17 […]
Police recovered all the makings of a suspected meth lab in the basement of a Prospect Street residence Tuesday night after the homeowner reported finding some suspicious items. Sgt. Brent Slider confirmed the items appeared confined to the basement, consisting of all the various materials needed to manufacture the drug methamphetamine, commonly known as meth.