A Stow man was arrested on heroin trafficking charges after authorities say he made a drug deal in the Chapel Hill Mall parking lot. Lance Richardson, 30, was arrested Thursday by agents with the Summit County Drug Unit. According to reports, agents say they witnessed an apparent drug transaction in the parking lot and then […]

Two men were arrested Friday after the Summit County Drug Unit raided a home in Akron. Brian L. Williams, 51, and Christopher Hale, 47, were each arrested inside the Gold Street home on warrants for heroin trafficking. They were being held in the Summit County Jail pending an appearance Saturday in Akron Municipal Court. Drug […]

Officers think drug traffickers from Chicago only operated a few days before they were busted. The METRICH-MARMET Drug Task Force, assisted by the Marion City Special Response Team, the Marion Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, discovered heroin and crack cocaine Wednesday afternoon.

A number of people were detained on an investigative hold and released after the search of a local residence yielded a cache of drugs and some weapons. Cardington Police Chief John Hinton issued a press release Wednesday, January 29 regarding the confiscation:

A noted drug dealer faces multiple years in prison following a guilty plea tendered Wednesday in Logan County Common Pleas Court. Cynyen Howard, 28, of Bellefontaine, pleaded guilty to charges of third- and fourth-degree felony possession of drugs and two counts of trafficking in drugs, fifth-degree felonies.