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Arrest nets thousands of prescription drugs

A traffic stop led Clark County deputies to thousands of prescription pills. Deputies arrested Juan Applin, 29, during the traffic stop Tuesday. They found 125 prescription pills in his car. That led deputies to a home at 116 East Euclid Avenue in Springfield. Deputies and the RANGE Drug Task Force found another 3,275 pills at […]

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R.A.N.G.E. Task Force makes drug arrest

Montgomery County R.A.N.G.E. Task Force members arrested a man Tuesday morning after they said they seized suspected cocaine and methamphetamine from an apartment. Officials said Steven Thompson, 34, was in the apartment in the 200 block of East Nottingham Road. The Regional Agencies Narcotics & Gun Enforcement Task Force did not say how much suspected […]

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Standoff ends; suspect wanted on drug, assault charges

Dwayne Jones, the 29-year-old Dayon man arrested Friday following a seven-hour standoff on Herbert Street, was booked at 7 p.m. into the Montgomery County Jail. He was booked on six warrants for his arrest on felonious assault, weapons and drug-related charges. He also may have violated probation, online jail records show. Jones is scheduled to […]

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3 arrested in online prostitution sting

An online prostitution sting using ads on Craigslist and Backpage culminated in the arrests of three women. The sting, conducted Tuesday, focused on the ads for such services that are posted on those two websites, Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer said Wednesday afternoon in a prepared statement. "Unfortunately, we are seeing an increase in internet […]

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Drug raids net 4 arrests, firearms, $5K cash

Montgomery County RANGE Task Force raids at two addresses Tuesday and Wednesday resulted in four arrests and the seizure of heroin and other narcotics, 10 firearms, $5,000 cash and body armor. Wednesday, 28-year-old Duan Scott was arrested and booked into the Montgomery County Jail on multiple counts of drug trafficking after task force members raided […]

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