John Wade, 46, of Cincinnati has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling a mixture of heroin and fentanyl that led to the overdose death of a Clermont County man in 2015. Benjamin C. Glassman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge, Drug […]

A man and a woman from Cincinnati were indicted Wednesday on charges of dealing heroin laced with carfentanil — the deadly animal tranquilizer officials blame for an unprecedented surge in overdoses in the United States — marking what may be the first carfentanil-related criminal case brought in federal court. A grand jury charged Phillip Watkins, 31, and Jeannetta Crawford, 26, with distributing heroin cut […]

Be on alert: A spike in overdoses in Hamilton County emergency rooms coupled with a lack of effectiveness of the antidote naloxone is leading health officials to believe that deadly opioids are getting to heroin users. The Hamilton County Heroin Coalition issued the warning Monday after Hamilton County Public Health noted a surge in hospital […]

Five people are accused of corruption and heroin offenses in direct connection with overdoses in Hamilton County, including a near-fatal overdose in the jail. The Hamilton County Heroin Coalition Task Force announced the indictments on Wednesday afternoon. The group investigates overdose cases, near-death or fatal – and tracks them back to people suspected of supplying the […]

Police agencies throughout Hamilton County want your help in identifying heroin dealers. You can do it anonymously through tip lines the sheriff's department and police chiefs have put in the public eye on posters and bumper stickers and other materials that police are circulating. It's a new campaign dubbed "Not in my Neighborhood" that members of […]