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Symposium engages the community

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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 strategies for engaging the community, and to answer community questions about addiction, prevention, and recovery.

“To really solve this problem, the community has to be involved,” Anderson told the crowd as the evening began. “This is not something law enforcement can do… there is no way a drug court or prosecutor’s program (can solve this)… unless you, the community, get involved.” [Read more…]

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Arrests made in Chesapeake drug bust

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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 trafficking complaint.

The passenger in the vehicle was Billy C. Edwards, 34, of RT1 Box 467, Milton, West Virginia. [Read more…]

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Jury returns conviction in trafficking case

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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 attorney Roger Smith, that the informant in the case could have hidden
drugs and used them to setup Spencer to distract attention from her own probation violations, unconvincing and
chose to convict on all four counts, even the complicity charge where an unknown and unnamed man sold the
informant, Mary Mills, cocaine with marked bills while Spencer was not home. [Read more…]

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Overdoses an ongoing issue

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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 weekend, and another four overdoses on Monday.

Fry said that, in his estimation, on average, EMS was responding to more than one overdose per day for the year. [Read more…]

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Ironton man arraigned in drug bust

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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 Collins Jr. set bond at $50,000 cash or surety.

Friday’s bust involved officers from the Lawrence Drug and Major Crimes Task Force, Lawrence County Sheriff’s
Office, Ironton Police Department and the Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office. [Read more…]

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