Two-and-a-half months removed from the police’s biggest one-day search of the year, the operation has nearly come to an end for law enforcement officials. But the legal impact of the multiple felony cases is just beginning. “Operation Revolving Door” kicked off Aug. 27, targeting 46 low- to mid-level drug traffickers within Marion County. By that […]

Dr. Humphrey Germaniuk, Trumbull County coroner, reported in early September a noticeable spike in overdose deaths, especially among young females. Now he has the blood work in hand to confirm the causes of those deaths and others and calls overdose an “epidemic.” “It’s here. It’s real. It’s killing us. It’s in the city and out […]

History was made in a Clermont County courtroom Friday when a man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for gang-related offenses. RT Raeshawn Wilson Jr. was sentenced to two decades behind bars for his involvement in crimes committed while he served as a leader of the "Get-It-Quick Gang," according to one of the prosecuting attorneys, Jason Nagel. […]

An unnamed drug operation Thursday night may not have garnered the greatest numbers, but it sent a message. "We've had good success in the city of Rittman," said Medway director Dave Smith. "We felt it was time a message needed to be sent that we're out there."

Drugs flowing into the city, especially from places like Chicago and Detroit, continued as recently as this past weekend. On Oct. 24, police and Medway Drug Enforcement Agency officers arrested a Chicago man following a brief car chase, and a day later police pulled over an Orrville man -- who was out on bond for […]