Drug task force detectives are on a hot streak amid the cold of winter. A second bust by the METRICH-MARMET Drug Task Force yielded nearly 2 ounces of crack cocaine, 2.3 grams of heroin and a pair of drug trafficking arrests in Marion.

On January 29, 2014 Medina County Drug Task Force agents developed information of a possible meth lab at a home in Bath Township in neighboring Summit County.  MCDTF agents worked with Summit County Drug Unit agents who were able to obtain consent to search the home.  6 one-pot meth vessels were found in and around […]

Det. Brent Joseph of the Logan County Sheriff’s Office addressed the drug problem in Logan County with Huntsville Village Council members Tuesday and outlined what to look for if drug activity is suspected. He said heroin and cocaine were the most common drugs of choice. With heroin, he said, a person appears lethargic, sleepy with […]

The Summit/Akron HIDTA task force, agents from the DEA Cleveland Resident Office, along with numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement officers, arrested Garland V. Phelps Jr. and Alonzo B. Sykes, with 20 other individuals on January 14, resulting in the dismantlement of a heroin trafficking organization. Since 2012, the Phelps/Sykes organization distributed multiple kilograms […]

State Attorney General Mike DeWine recited the number of fatal heroin overdoses in 2013 for several counties during a forum Friday. He said there were seven in Richland County, but Coroner Dr. Stewart Ryckman corrected him to say there were 16. “That’s a shocking number,” DeWine said.