Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine recently announced a heroin epidemic has seized the state. To combat the deadly drug and its steady increase in use, DeWine has formed a heroin unit made up of investigators, lawyers and drug-abuse specialists, according to a release issued by his office. Its goal is to assist in fighting issues […]

A two-month investigation wrapped up Wednesday when four men from Mississippi were arrested on suspicion of trafficking in heroin, among other charges. The MARMET Drug Task Force started investigating after neighborhood complaints from the general public.

Two people were arrested Wednesday after a heroin raid in New Lexington. The search at 404 South Main St. was executed by Perry County Sheriff’s Office detectives and Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force agents. Officials seized heroin, drug paraphernalia, currency and two firearms, according to a sheriff’s office release. The investigation was based on […]

A Cleveland man, while out on bond for previous drug trafficking charges in Cuyahoga County, was arrested for allegedly selling heroin in Wickliffe on Monday. At about 2 p.m., with the help of the Lake County Narcotics Agency and the Euclid Police Department, the Wickliffe Police Department arrested 20-year-old Davaunte M. Livest after a monthlong investigation, […]

Since 2007, there have been more deaths in Ohio from drug overdoses than traffic crashes. Here in the Mahoning Valley, what often begins with the abuse of pain medications evolves into heroin addiction.  So much so, that law enforcement has dubbed heroin use here an epidemic. And there's a changing face of addiction in the […]