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.

A Youngstown man who authorities call one of the area's biggest drug dealers is on his way to prison. Dewaylyn Colvin, 31, of Nelson Avenue, previously pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree felony drug trafficking, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, having weapons as a convicted felon and drug possession. He was sentenced […]

Thirteen people, nearly all from Ashtabula County, are named in a 42-count indictment that alleges they were part of an organized heroin distribution that operated in the area last year, law enforcement officials said Monday. Drugs the group sold ultimately resulted in the July death of a 27-year-old Ashtabula woman, officials said.

Three years ago, before the Nov. 11, 2012, gunfight involving dozens of gunshots with high-powered weapons left a Warren man dead and two Detroit men in jail on murder charges, law enforcement was on the trail of another Detroit crime connection. A confidential informant told an agent with the Trumbull Ashtabula Group Law Enforcement Task […]

A former Campbell High and Youngstown State University football star was sentenced to two years in prison this week for his role in a drug ring that operated out of the city. Shawn Patton, 40, was given credit for 20 months served by U.S. Northern District Court of Ohio Judge Lesley Wells Monday. He pleaded […]