On December 21, 2015, after cases were presented by Henry County Prosecutor Hawken Flanigan to a recent Henry County Grand Jury, members of the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, Napoleon Police Department, Deshler Police Department, and Defiance County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit assisted the Multi Area Narcotics Task Force in arresting persons who were formally charged […]

Several indictments regarding drug trafficking and firearms crimes in Lorain County were recently unsealed in federal court as part of an ongoing coordinated enforcement initiative, law enforcement officials said. The indictments were announced Nov. 12 by U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach, Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will, Elyria police Chief Duane Whitely, Lorain police Chief Cel […]

Seven arrests were made and more are expected, Medina police said Friday, related to drug sales out of a Lafayette Road apartment that were linked to at least three overdoses. Medina police, working with Medina County Drug Task Force agents, reported responding to three separate fentanyl overdose cases in a six-hour span Thursday. A fourth […]

Undercover agents from local, state and federal agencies lined the walls Wednesday as Marion police chief Bill Collins announced the results of their work – the alleged "main supplier" of blue drop heroin was in custody. "This investigation is unprecedented in the way that local, state and federal agencies were able to quickly assemble to bring an end to this deadly batch of heroin […]

In the end, a Wooster woman who admitted to being addicted to heroin was spared prison time for her role in bringing fentanyl into the community -- and into her home in front of her small children -- because of those children. Juliette Lavy, 39, of 713 Gasche St., was sentenced to three years on […]