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Complaints lead to drug bust

Officers with Lawrence Drug and Major Crimes Task Force arrested two people Thursday for allegedly selling drugs. According to a press release from the office of Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney Brigham Anderson, drug trafficking complaints led officers to 514 Wyanoke St., Ironton, where heroin and alprazolam tablets were discovered. Arrested were Tiffany D. Adkins, 24 […]

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Ironton Man Arrested Following Marijuana Mail Delivery

UPDATE  IRONTON, Ohio (WSAZ) -- It was the smell coming from two U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail boxes that led investigators to a drug bust in Lawrence County, Ohio, netting more than 19 pounds of marijuana. "It was the odor that was the first alert," Sheriff Jeff Lawless said. "They didn't have it shrink wrapped […]

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Ironton Man Arrested on Drug Charges

An Ironton man was arrested Tuesday night on drug charges, according to information from the Lawrence County Prosecutor's Office. Christopher Wilson, 41, was charged with drug trafficking. Wilson was arrested after Lawrence County Sheriff's Office deputies and officers from the Lawrence Drug and Major Crimes Task Force executed a search warrant at his home in […]

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Ironton Couple Arrested on Drug Charges Following Raid

A husband and wife from Ironton have been arrested on drugs charges following a raid at their home early Friday morning. Officers from the Lawrence Drug & Major Crimes Task Force and the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at the home of Terry Lee Gannon, 40, and Cindy Gannon, 34, of Ironton. […]

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Woman gets 8 years for drug trafficking

An Ironton woman will spend the next eight years in prison for trafficking in oxycodone pills. Rebecca Allen, 44, of 915 1/2 Park Ave., pleaded guilty to second-degree aggravated trafficking in drugs and third-degree trafficking in drugs, from a prior indictment, Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court. The charges stem from a September raid […]

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