Sep 7, 2017 | Lawrence Drug and Major Crime Task Force
Lawrence Drug & Major Crimes Task Force Investigations have resulted in fourteen arrests over the last six weeks. The arrestees are charged with various drug offenses to include Possession Drugs, Trafficking in Drugs, and Permitting Drug Abuse. The drugs involved...
Mar 29, 2017 | Lawrence Drug and Major Crime Task Force
Lawrence County Prosecutor Brigham Anderson, and Common Pleas Court Judges Charles Cooper, Andrew Ballard and David Payne, brought the community together in South Point last Thursday to hear stories from those whose lives have been impacted by addiction, to discuss...
Mar 24, 2017 | Lawrence Drug and Major Crime Task Force
Two people were arrested on drug charges Thursday in Chesapeake, following a traffic stop by Chesapeake Police Chief Randy Lewis. Lewis stopped a vehicle, operated by Richard S. Thompson, 35, of 103 Township Road 1118, Chesapeake, while investigating a drug...
Mar 20, 2017 | Lawrence Drug and Major Crime Task Force
John A. Spencer, 23, of Ironton, was found guilty on three counts of trafficking in cocaine and one count of complicity to trafficking in cocaine in a jury trial in Common Pleas Judge Andrew Ballard’s courtroom on Friday. The jury found the argument of defense...
Mar 15, 2017 | Lawrence Drug and Major Crime Task Force
The drug epidemic and overdoses in Lawrence County are a continual issue to the county emergency medical services. Lawrence County EMS Director Buddy Fry informed the commission on Tuesday that county EMS responded to six drug overdoses with one death this past...
Mar 14, 2017 | Lawrence Drug and Major Crime Task Force
A man arrested for trafficking in drugs during a drug bust in Ironton on Friday was arraigned in Ironton Municipal Court Monday afternoon. Isaac Hannon, 34, of 1350 S. Fifth Street, Ironton, appeared for his arraignment, where Ironton Municipal Court Judge O. Clark...
