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METRICH searches five homes, targets 52 suspects

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Members of the METRICH Task Force searched five houses Wednesday— including one on Bowman Street and another on Louise Avenue — as law enforcement officials targeted 52 suspects during Operation Summer Drug Sweep.

At least 29 suspects were nabbed on Wednesday, officials said. Six were already incarcerated on charges relating to drug trafficking and drug possession.
Lt. Joe Petrycki, commander of METRICH, Wednesday afternoon said the day-long drug indictment effort and searches have resulted in recovery of several weapons, more than $3,000 and suspected heroin, cocaine and marijuana. [Read more…]

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Woman arrested on drug charge

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Suspected drugs were found in a woman’s vehicle Tuesday, according to Seneca County Drug Task Force — METRICH Enforcement Unit.

Kimberly A. Kistler, 45, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. Additional charges were pending.

The release states the task force, with additional officers from Seneca County Sheriff’s Office and Fostoria Police Department, executed a search warrant on Kistler’s vehicle during a traffic stop.

The search warrant yielded suspected crack cocaine, suspected heroin, money, drug paraphernalia and criminal tools, it states.

Kistler was incarcerated at Seneca County Jail.

Originally published in the Advertiser Tribune on July 26, 2017.

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Search results in drug arrest

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A Findlay man has been arrested on a felony drug charge after an raid at his Bernard Avenue residence Monday night.

David K. Claypool, 50, 1425 Bernard Ave., was taken into custody and has been charged with permitting drug abuse, a fifth-degree felony.

Claypool’s arrest came after the Hancock County METRICH Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Findlay Police Department Emergency Response Team, executed a search warrant at 1425 Bernard Ave. at about 9:30 p.m. Monday.

Police said the search yielded heroin, crack cocaine, drug paraphernalia, cash, and items indicative of drug trafficking.

Police said additional charges and arrests are expected pending laboratory results.

The Hancock METRICH Drug Enforcement Unit is supported by METRICH in Mansfield and funded in part by the Office of Criminal Justice Services.

Originally published in The Courier on July 25, 2017.

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Mentor retail theft detail leads to drop in drug-related crimes

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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 year, nearly 60 were of admitted drug addicts. The overwhelming drug of choice continues to be heroin.

Midway through this year, the grant-funded program has produced 38 arrests, 86 charges, 10 warrants and nearly $8,000 worth of recovered goods. Of those apprehended, only 14 were addicts. [Read more…]

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10-year-old Miami boy dies after exposure to fentanyl, should parents be concerned about the drug?

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The death of 10-year-old Alton Banks in Miami raised concerns about the possible presence of fentanyl in public places.  It’s not known how Banks came in contact with the drug, but he died at home after returning from the neighborhood pool.

Police officers in Ohio have also been treated after coming in contact with the drug that is mixed with heroin.  The drug is so prevalent that a woman revived a companion with naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug, in a Fairview Park McDonald’s in April.

But, should parents be concerned about fentanyl powder in public?  News 5 checked with two narcotics agencies who said exposure to the general public is extremely rare. [Read more…]

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