Dec 11, 2018 | Ottawa County Regional Task Force
A man accused of helping a drug smuggler sell fentanyl to inmates in the Ottawa County jail was sentenced to prison. Timothy Johnson, 49, of Toledo, pleaded guilty to illegal conveyance of drugs into a detention facility and aggravated fentanyl trafficking in October....
Nov 20, 2018 | Ottawa County Regional Task Force
Pre-naloxone days, an Ottawa County sheriff’s deputy or Port Clinton police officer showed up to a heroin overdose scene ahead of other first responders and their options were limited. Five years ago, an officer could keep other people clear from the overdose...
Nov 20, 2018 | Ottawa County Regional Task Force
When Jeff Schill and Angela Trimble were using heroin together, they’d make elaborate plans of what they’d do when they got clean. There’d be moments of clarity for the couple where they wondered what they were doing to their son, as the...
Nov 20, 2018 | Ottawa County Regional Task Force
There are not dozens of homegrown meth labs dotting every corner here, with self-taught chemists mixing at odd hours to produce a notorious white powder that spawns incessant picking, scratching and frightening hallucinations. But meth has arrived in Ottawa County....
Oct 31, 2018 | Ottawa County Regional Task Force
A man who admitted to participating in drug deals while behind bars in Ottawa County was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty on Wednesday. John Wyatt, 35, of Beaver, Ohio, pleaded guilty to complicity to conveyance of drugs onto grounds of a...
Sep 28, 2018 | Ottawa County Regional Task Force
A man who smuggled drugs into two detention facilities — a state prison and the Ottawa County jail — was sentenced to prison Friday on the heels of his jury trial. Corwin Qualls, 40, had his trial in the Ottawa County Common Pleas Court for the smuggling and dealing...
