Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach announced the arrest of a man on drug charges following a traffic stop on Monday 12/09/2013.  Sheriff Riggenbach stated that information was given to his office from the Van Wert City Police Department about 2 local men who had allegedly gone to Dayton to get heroin. 

A 27-year-old Groveport man is facing drug charges after investigators reported finding a marijuana grow project that he was allegedly conducting from his home in southeast Franklin County. Anthony L. Gurden was arrested by Franklin County Sheriff's deputies and the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) on a federal arrest warrant for aggravated robbery. Gurden […]

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine recently announced a heroin epidemic has seized the state. To combat the deadly drug and its steady increase in use, DeWine has formed a heroin unit made up of investigators, lawyers and drug-abuse specialists, according to a release issued by his office. Its goal is to assist in fighting issues […]

The Ross County Sheriff’s Office’s renewed focus on drugs now has a visual reminder for residents of its STOPP initiative. Stop Trafficking or Pay the Price is an initiative Sheriff George Lavender began implementing in the spring. The cruisers recently were outfitted with STOPP decals, and those deputies who obtain three drug convictions will get […]

Area officials are banding together in an effort to change the drug situation in Chillicothe and Ross County. The Ross County Drug Abuse Prevention Coalition on Thursday began merging with Mayor Jack Everson’s fledgling task force on drugs. The coalition has been in place for about four years and has focused on increasing awareness and […]