A local doctor was arrested Wednesday night after a lengthy drug investigation led to a 30-count indictment against him. Samuel J. Christian, 55, was arrested and taken to the Seneca County Jail after he was served the Seneca County indictment, which includes 24 counts of  aggravated trafficking in drugs, five counts of trafficking in drugs and one count […]

Local law enforcement agencies collaborated this past weekend to crack down on traffic violations and criminal activity. The Ohio Highway Patrol conducted a two-day "Shield Detail" in Marion County in coordination with the Marion City Police Department, METRICH/MARMET Drug Task Force, Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration on Friday and Saturday, according to a OSHP press […]

The next generation of synthetic cannabinoids has turned up in the police crime lab. "In a two-week period, a number of samples came through that I initially wasn't able to identify," crime lab director Tony Tambasco said. According to Tambasco, there were 14 suspected Ecstasy samples. One sample proved to be Ecstasy, while eight others contained a drug commonly […]

Local and federal law-enforcement officers have federal and state indictments for three dozen people charged in a heroin-ring investigation that has spanned the last three years.

WOOSTER -- Two Orrville men were sentenced to prison for their involvement with a large scale methamphetamine lab at 861 McGill St., Orrville.