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Columbus woman charged with dumping body in western Franklin County

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Franklin County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a woman Thursday they say is responsible for dumping the dead body of a woman overdose victim a day earlier in Franklin Township.

Erica Renee Escuadra, 37, of the Far West Side, is charged with abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence, said Marc Gofstein, a spokesman with the sheriff’s office.

The body of Jacqueline Powers, 45, was discovered with a blanket over it at 1:42 p.m. Wednesday off the north side of Big Run Road near the intersection of Gantz Road in western Franklin County. Powers’ last known address was in Pickerington. [Read more…]

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Heroin and fentanyl seized, 2 jailed in Montgomery County task force raid

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Two people are in jail and police seized heroin, fentanyl and cash from a residence in Dayton during the execution of a search warrant Thursday by the Montgomery County RANGE Task Force.

In jail are Kevin Mckee, 34, and Sara Skirvin, 32. They are being detained on drug trafficking charges.

Mckee has an extensive record ranging from drug trafficking and drug possession to obstructing officials, while Skirvin also has multiple drug offences on her record, according to a prepared statement from the sheriff’s office.

Published by whio.com

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Chief deputy: Treatment, not arrest, best prescription for addiction

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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,” Pak said.

That view changed, though, when the brother of Pak’s best friend became addicted to heroin, bringing to his family the pain and helplessness so many other families have suffered.

Pak changed his attitude after “seeing the pain in my best friend’s eyes” when he told Pak about the horror addiction imposed on his family. The family’s matriarch, who is like a second mother to Pak, is now terrified by the telephone.

“She told me, ‘Every time the phone rings, I’m expecting it be be the call that he’s dead,’” Pak said. [Read more…]

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Woman given six years in overdose death

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A South Side woman was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for supplying the drugs that caused one death and one near-fatal overdose last year.

Paris L. Hatton, 31, who used to live in the 1100 block of Lilley Avenue, pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of corrupting another with drugs.

The sentence, imposed by Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Kim Brown, was recommended by prosecuting and defense attorneys as part of a plea agreement.

Lewis Jemison and Crystal Stumbo overdosed after purchasing what they thought was heroin from Hatton on Feb. 10, 2016, said Assistant Prosecutor Lizett Schreiber. [Read more…]

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Heroin found in Crestline drug sting

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Three people were arrested Tuesday after they were caught during a Crestline drug raid with several illegal items.

Officers from the Crawford County Special Response Team and the METRICH Drug Enforcement Unit executed a search warrant at 2677 State Route 598, Crestline, after a month-long heroin trafficking investigation. During the raid, officers seized 74 doses of heroin, multiple syringes, fentanyl, prescription pills, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and cash.

Officers arrested: Aaron L. Frazee, 27, of Crestline, on a charge of drug trafficking; William C. Frazee, 58, of Crestline, on a charge of drug abuse; and Alexis N. Kouns, 25, of Crestline, on a charge of possession of drugs and a probation violation. They were taken into custody at the scene and are being held in the Crawford County Jail pending filing of formal charges by the Crawford County Prosecutor’s Office.

The Crawford County Special Response Team comprises officers from the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office, Bucyrus and Galion police departments and the Bucyrus and Galion fire departments.

Originally published in the News Journal on May 10, 2017.

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