A Wooster man was sentenced to seven years in federal prison recently after he was found with a firearm on his person, despite being a felon. Derrick Knapik, 30, 743 Spink St., was sentenced Oct. 17 after he pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing a firearm while under disability. Knapik was the subject of […]

Two Wooster men are in custody after they were charged in federal court for dealing heroin and cocaine to a woman who later died from a drug overdose. Jamie Curtis, 36, and Theodore Alleman, 28, both have been indicted on one count of distribution of heroin and cocaine, a charge that carries a potential sentencing […]

A Cleveland man who local authorities said was the main supplier of heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil in Wayne County was sentenced to prison Wednesday. Charles “Quick” Daniels, 39, 7400 Wade Park, Apt. 419, was sentenced to a mandatory sentence of eight years in prison by Judge Corey Spitler. Daniels was found guilty last month by […]

A Millersburg man was sent to prison Tuesday after he was found with methamphetamine during a traffic stop and one officer was hospitalized for exposure to the drug. Robert A. Searls, 26, 675 Bobwhite Lane, was sentenced to two years in prison by Judge Robert Rinfret in Holmes County Common Pleas Court after Searls pleaded […]

Since Charles Daniels, who goes by the street name “Quick,” has been in the Wayne County Jail since April, there has been an apparent decrease in opiate overdoses. Local organizations and families will see that decrease sustained as Daniels was found guilty Wednesday of charges he was trafficking heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil in Wooster. Daniels, […]