Six people were indicted for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to ship a ton of marijuana to Ohio from Hawaii, California and Oregon, and then launder the drug profits, law enforcement officials said. Named in the two-count indictment are: William B. Murphy, 37, of Kealakekua, Hawaii; Michael W. Spellman, 59, of Kealakekua, Hawaii; Peter […]

The nurse involved in a “pill mill” operating at Mentor, Mayfield Heights and Fairview Park diet clinics was sentenced Nov. 1 to 18 months probation. Maria Siwik, 48, of Hinckley, previously pleaded guilty to multiple felony trafficking counts before Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Sherrie Miday. On March 25, 2015, a search warrant was executed […]

Willoughby Hills police arrested three men from Detroit who had more than 450 oxycodone pills. The pills were discovered during a traffic stop at 2 a.m. Aug. 6. According to police, further investigation after the stop and alert from an officer’s K-9s led to the bags being found in the car. The men are being […]

“Our nation is in crisis,” President Trump’s Opioid Commission wrote in its recently released interim report. The commission urged the president to declare a national state of emergency. “With approximately 142 Americans dying every day, America is enduring a death toll equal to September 11th every three weeks,” the commission wrote in its report. Lake […]

Mentor police set out to thwart drug-related retail theft with a pilot program launched in 2015. Now results are showing a correlation between the Retail Theft Crime Deterrence Program and a plunge in addicts stealing to support their habit. Out of 81 arrests last year, nearly 60 were of admitted drug addicts. The overwhelming drug […]