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Alleged “main supplier of heroin to Wooster” arrested

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Yet another Cleveland resident deemed “the main supplier of heroin” in the area was arrested and has been charged on allegations of dealing fentanyl.

Charles Daniels, 39, 7400 Wade Park, Apt. 419, has been charged with a felony count of aggravated trafficking in drugs for suspected fentanyl in Wayne County Municipal Court.

He remains in Wayne County Jail on a $500,000 bond.

Court records indicate that Daniels is suspected to be “the main supplier of heroin to Wooster,” which law enforcement estimated at a value of more than $5,000 worth of the opiate. [Read more…]

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Two Orrville men indicted for selling fentanyl that resulted in fatal overdose

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Two Orrville men were indicted for selling fentanyl that resulted in a fatal overdose, law enforcement officials said.

Kenneth L. Johnson, 44, and Joseph N. Carpenter, 33, were indicted on one count of distribution of fentanyl. That count carries a sentencing enhancement because the fentanyl they sold resulted in a death. Johnson faces an additional count of distribution of fentanyl. [Read more…]

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Two remain jailed for meth

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Two people remain in jail and have been charged for their alleged roles in a meth lab discovered last week in West Salem.

Heather A. Graham, 27, and Anthony V. Smith II, 33, both of 64 Congress St., have both been charged with felony counts of illegal possession or assembly of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs.

Both Graham and Smith remain in Wayne County Jail on bonds of 10 percent of $25,000 cash or surety. No court dates have been set, as their cases have been bound over to the Wayne County Common Pleas Court. [Read more…]

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Two charged for heroin trafficking

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Two men arrested at a Spink Street residence Jan. 31 have been charged on allegations of drug trafficking.

Raphael E. Belcher, 27, 1858 Clonnade Road, Cleveland, and John L. Miller Jr., 36, 743 Spink St., have both been charged with trafficking in heroin, first-degree felony charges, in Wayne County Municipal Court.

They both remain in jail on $100,000 cash or surety bonds and have preliminary hearings scheduled for Feb. 9. Another man who was arrested — Michael Gentzel — was released without charges.

They were arrested when the Medway Drug Enforcement Agency, Wooster Police Department and Ohio State Highway Patrol executed a search warrant at 743 Spink St. following a drug investigation. [Read more…]

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Grant aids Medway’s efforts to keep drugs, dealers off the streets

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The amount of a federal grant that funds Medway Drug Enforcement Agency operations continues to dwindle, but it still provides much-needed financial help to take drug dealers and illegal drugs off the streets.

Medway Director Don Hall told the county commissioners Wednesday, the amount goes down every year, and the $35,000 grant is about $5,000 less than a year ago.

“There’s been talk over the years that it might disappear,” Hall said.

The Justice Assistance Grant is one of the oldest on the books that Budget Director Carol Zemrock can remember. She said it has probably been cut in half over the past 20 years, but it has leveled off in recent years.

“The need for it has not leveled off,” Commissioner Ron Amstutz said. [Read more…]

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