Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Circleville Police Chief Harold W. Gray, Pickaway County Sheriff Robert Radcliff, Pickaway County Prosecutor Judy Wolford, and Circleville Mayor Don McIlroy announced that 22 people are facing heroin trafficking charges as a result of ongoing drug investigations by the Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), Circleville Police Department, and […]

Across Richland County, 46 businesses have been cited for giving alcohol to underage drinkers, promoting gambling and facilitating food stamp fraud over the past five years. Of the county’s 171 violations, the most common citation was for providing beer to a person younger than 21, according to Ohio Investigative Unit records compiled by CentralOhio.com. Businesses […]

UPDATE  IRONTON, Ohio (WSAZ) -- It was the smell coming from two U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail boxes that led investigators to a drug bust in Lawrence County, Ohio, netting more than 19 pounds of marijuana. "It was the odor that was the first alert," Sheriff Jeff Lawless said. "They didn't have it shrink wrapped […]

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer, Warren County Sheriff Larry Sims announced today that an investigation conducted by a newly formed Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission (OOCIC) task force has resulted in the seizure  of more than $1 million in illegal drugs. 

Police executed two drug-related search warrants early Thursday morning in Fostoria, resulting in the arrest of a woman. According to a release from the Seneca County Drug Task Force METRICH Enforcement Unit, officers from the Fostoria, Tiffin, Green Springs and Attica police departments assisted METRICH in conducting the searches at 419 N. Town St. and […]