Jul 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Mentor police set out to thwart drug-related retail theft with a pilot program launched in 2015. Now results are showing a correlation between the Retail Theft Crime Deterrence Program and a plunge in addicts stealing to support their habit. Out of 81 arrests last...
Jun 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
A Cleveland Clinic panel discussion on the opioid crisis is coming to Willoughby Hills. “Heroin, Fentanyl and Carfentanil: The Triple Threat at Our Doorstep” will be held June 28 in St. Noel’s Banquet Center, 35200 Chardon Road. “Triple Threat” is a series of panel...
Jun 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Just like robbers rob banks because that’s where the money is, and criminals don’t stop at the state line, law enforcement agencies at all levels work together regularly to investigate crimes and prosecute offenders. From one-time bank robberies to suspected terrorist...
May 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Every day, Sgt. Shawn Pak saw the damage heroin and opioids cause in his job at the Franklin County jail. And the deputy with the county sheriff’s office believed addicts were responsible for their own misery. “It was kind of businesslike, kind of a detached view,”...
May 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
While state Auditor Dave Yost wants to see some changes made to the food stamp program at the federal level, he is also working on getting photo IDs on the state’s electronic benefits cards as a way to deter fraud. Yost was in town recently and met with some of...
