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Two remain jailed for meth

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Two people remain in jail and have been charged for their alleged roles in a meth lab discovered last week in West Salem.

Heather A. Graham, 27, and Anthony V. Smith II, 33, both of 64 Congress St., have both been charged with felony counts of illegal possession or assembly of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs.

Both Graham and Smith remain in Wayne County Jail on bonds of 10 percent of $25,000 cash or surety. No court dates have been set, as their cases have been bound over to the Wayne County Common Pleas Court. [Read more…]

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Drug charges send Salem man to prison for seven years

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Corey A. Snay, 22, South Union Avenue, Salem, was sentenced in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court to seven years and four months in a state prison in three drug-related cases.

The newest charges dealt with the illegal manufacturing of methamphetamine, the illegal possession of the chemicals for manufacturing meth and several counts of possession of drugs. On June 23, 2016, Snay had meth, hydrocodone, buprenorphine and alprazolam when an arrest warrant was served on him in a home on West Main Street in Leetonia. While there, agents also found a one-pot methamphetamine lab, which included gas acid generators and other materials. [Read more…]

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Orrville man gets prison for meth

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An Orrville man was given three years in prison Tuesday after he admitted to making methamphetamine in the summer.

Lawrence B. Procario, 38, last known address of 1408 Spring Hill Drive, was sentenced to prison by Judge Mark K. Wiest in Wayne County Common Pleas Court after he pleaded guilty to illegal manufacture of drugs, a second-degree felony. He was given credit for 189 days already served on this case.

Procario was one of three people arrested June 28 and subsequently charged when the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office went to a home at 425 Garfield Avenue in Orrville to serve a warrant. [Read more…]

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Orrville man given prison for drug charges

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One of three men found making meth while the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office went to serve a warrant in Orrville was sent to prison.

Clark Nichols, 30, 425 Garfield Ave., Orrville, was sentenced to three years in prison in Wayne County Common Pleas Court by Judge Mark K. Wiest on charges of cultivation of marijuana and possession of drugs.

Nichols was arrested June 28 — with Christopher L. Brown, 26, Wooster, and Lawrence Procario, 37, of Orrville — at the Garfield Avenue residence. [Read more…]

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Ottawa County grand jury indicts nine on drug charges

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Nine people were indicted by an Ottawa County grand jury on  drug-related charges, including possession, trafficking and cultivation.

According to Ottawa County Prosecutor Mark Mulligan, the cases are the culmination of a five-month undercover investigation by the Ottawa County Drug Task Force earlier this year.

“While drug-related crimes remain prevalent throughout the nation, Ottawa County is fortunate to have a drug task force that is effectively working daily to reduce drug use and drug-related crimes in our area,” Mulligan said. [Read more…]

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