WOOSTER -- A jury failed to reach a verdict in a two-day trial of an Apple Creek man who was charged with operating a meth lab out of his room at the Orrville Inn. The case in Wayne County Commons Pleas Court against David Yoakem Sr., 40, 122 Villard St., will instead be retried on […]

Officers with Lawrence Drug and Major Crimes Task Force arrested two people Thursday for allegedly selling drugs. According to a press release from the office of Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney Brigham Anderson, drug trafficking complaints led officers to 514 Wyanoke St., Ironton, where heroin and alprazolam tablets were discovered. Arrested were Tiffany D. Adkins, 24 […]

A Mansfield man was arrested Friday morning on multiple drug charges, including manufacturing and selling methamphetamine, officials said. Dale Smith, 24, of 156 W. Second St., was charged with one count of illegal manufacture of drugs, one count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for manufacture of drugs, one count of possession of controlled […]

Hancock County METRICH Drug Task Force detectives arrested a Findlay man on drug charges Thursday. Lloyd T.M. Ellcessor, 27, was charged with two fifth-degree felony charges of drug trafficking following a search at 8:04 p.m. Thursday of his home at 811 Putnam St., according to Det. Sgt. Justin Hendren. Law enforcement officers seized an unspecified […]

A Tiffin man whose residence was searched earlier this month as part of a drug-related investigation was arrested Thursday afternoon after he allegedly sold crack cocaine to an undercover operative. According to a release from the Seneca County Drug Task Force METRICH Enforcement Unit, James R. Kiser, 36, was arrested after a sting operation in […]