Three people were arrested Tuesday afternoon following a warrant served at a known drug house. "This isn't the first time law enforcement has served a drug search warrant at this residence," said Capt. Scott Rotolo, with the Wooster Police Department, who served the warrant with the Medway Drug Enforcement Agency and the Ohio Highway Patrol's […]

An investigation of several Fentanyl overdoses in the Mansfield and Madison Township areas led to the arrest Friday night of 55-year-old man. Michael Bolden, of 1813 Richard Drive, was arrested on two charges of drug trafficking, fifth-degree felonies. Bolden was picked up at an address on Armstrong Avenue in the city. The METRICH Enforcement Unit, […]

The top local news story of 2016 is actually many stories, but they can all be summed up in a single word.  Heroin. What started with sporadic reports of overdoses early in the year turned into near-daily headlines about the drug, the users, the dealers and the effect it is having on the community. While […]

A rare, powerful form of a dangerous and poisonous drug was recently found in the blood of a fatal overdose victim. A compound, called 3-Methylfentanyl, appeared on the Oak Harbor victim’s toxicology report, said Carl Rider, an agent with the Ottawa County Drug Task Force. The compound is 10 to 15 times more powerful than ordinary […]

Heroin kills.  It might as well be the slogan for Ottawa County’s drug problem these last few years. “It’s everywhere now,” said Carl Rider, an agent with the Ottawa County Drug Task Force. “This isn’t an inner-city issue anymore.” The county’s drug task force has dealt with a consistent and disturbing amount of heroin since 2011. […]