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Accused fentanyl trafficker indicted for overdose

A man accused of selling fentanyl to a woman who overdosed appeared in court on Monday. A grand jury recently indicted Scott Grimm, 42, of the 200 block of Fulton St., Port Clinton, on charges of corrupting another with drugs, aggravated fentanyl trafficking, aggravated fentanyl possession and cocaine possession. Grimm pleaded not guilty in Ottawa […]

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Prison sentence upheld for local heroin dealer

The conviction and prison sentence of a local heroin dealer who pleaded guilty last year to multiple felony charges has been affirmed by the Ohio 6th District Court of Appeals in Toledo. Bryant Boyd, 41, of Port Clinton, pleaded guilty in April 2017 to two felony drug trafficking charges, a felony aggravated drug possession charge, and a […]

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Woman pleads not guilty to child endangerment

A woman charged for allegedly allowing children to live in a home with drug-related items pleaded not guilty Wednesday. A grand jury indicted Amanda Fredrick, 37, of the 200 block of Short St., earlier this month on three counts of child endangerment, all third-degree felonies. The charges originated from when Fredrick requested officers to collect […]

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Armed robbery suspects arrested

Police arrested two men in connection with Tuesday’s armed robbery at Magruder Hospital’s pharmacy. Joshua Trapp, 35, of the 100 block of W. Buckeye St., and Clark Sams, 46, of the 2200 block of S. Mud Creek Road, were both charged Thursday afternoon. Trapp landed felony counts of aggravated robbery and theft of drugs. Sams was […]

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Port Clinton man charged with selling synthetic heroin

A Port Clinton man has been charged with selling fentanyl, 3-methyl fentanyl and heroin and is one of 22 people recently indicted by an Ottawa County grand jury. Clayton Havens, of Polk Drive, is alleged by Ottawa County Drug Task Force agents to have sold opiates ranging from heroin to synthetic strands of heroin fentanyl […]

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