Four defendants were sentenced by Logan County Common Pleas Court Judge Mark O'Connor earlier this week. Raymond Joseph (pictured), 36, of Bellefontaine, was sentenced to four years in prison, a two-year license suspension, and three years mandatory post release control after prison for two counts of trafficking in drugs and single counts of possession of […]

Sixteen people are facing drug charges following a campus roundup conducted by The Franklin County Drug Task Force and The Ohio State University Police Department. Members of the task force and OSU PD began investigating drug suppliers and dealers in the campus area that had been selling or distributing drugs from April 2012 to April […]

A major gun and drug trafficker in Dayton found with 35 firearms in a raid last year, including a gun allegedly used to kill a Dayton businessman, pleaded guilty Friday to three felony counts in district court.

The four men arrested last week after a four-month drug investigation had no set place of business, no drug house, but instead used ever-shifting locations — mostly parking lots around the Dayton Mall — to meet their customers, police say. “The drug problem is everywhere,” said Miami Twp. Chief Chris Krug. “We’re seeing a lot more drug […]

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that state, local, and federal officials served a search warrant on a suspected “pill mill” in Ironton. Members of the Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and special prosecutions unit joined the Ironton Police Department, Lawrence County Drug Task Force, Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office, Lawrence County Sheriff’s […]