Det. Brent Joseph of the Logan County Sheriff’s Office addressed the drug problem in Logan County with Huntsville Village Council members Tuesday and outlined what to look for if drug activity is suspected. He said heroin and cocaine were the most common drugs of choice. With heroin, he said, a person appears lethargic, sleepy with […]

On January 29, 2014 Drug Task Force agents developed information that lead to the search of a home in Bath Township (Summit County) for a possible meth lab. During the search, several "One Pot" meth reaction vessels were discovered by agents from the Summit County Drug Unit.  As a result of the investigation, 31 year-old […]

Bath salts and synthetic marijuana were targets of a drug sweep conducted Wednesday by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. The synthetic drugs are illegal in Ohio, but authorities learned that some retail stores continued to sell products containing the drugs after the ban.

The Summit/Akron HIDTA task force, agents from the DEA Cleveland Resident Office, along with numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement officers, arrested Garland V. Phelps Jr. and Alonzo B. Sykes, with 20 other individuals on January 14, resulting in the dismantlement of a heroin trafficking organization. Since 2012, the Phelps/Sykes organization distributed multiple kilograms […]

State Attorney General Mike DeWine recited the number of fatal heroin overdoses in 2013 for several counties during a forum Friday. He said there were seven in Richland County, but Coroner Dr. Stewart Ryckman corrected him to say there were 16. “That’s a shocking number,” DeWine said.