Drug-related search warrant executed

METRICH Enforcement Unit, with assistance from Tiffin Police Department and Seneca County Sheriff’s Office, executed a drug-related search warrant at Tiffin Motel Tuesday, according to a release.

The warrant at the motel at 315 W. Market St. was executed about 8 p.m., according to a Tiffin Police Department report.

Officers found crack cocaine, suspected heroin, money and criminal tools, the release states.

Da’Marquse De’Jon Jackson, 21, of Detroit, was charged with trafficking heroin, a fourth-degree felony, and trafficking crack cocaine, a fifth-degree felony; and John Churella, 44, of Tiffin, was charged with permitting drug abuse, a fifth-degree felony, the release states.

They were incarcerated at Seneca County Jail, and additional charges were pending Wednesday.

The search warrant was signed by Judge Mark Repp of Tiffin-Fostoria Muncipal Court and was executed at Room 27, which belongs to Churella, Jackson and Kristen L. Rowland, 43, of Tiffin, according to the release.

Originally published in The Advertiser Tribune on November 15, 2018.