Two suspects are in jail following a month-long investigation into reported drug trafficking out of a Burrows Street address. The male and female suspects were arrested Thursday morning, at 169 Burrows St., while authorities from multiple agencies executed a search warrant issued by Judge David Schroeder in Western County Court.

A Hancock County METRICH Drug Task Force investigation has led to the indictments of several area defendants, the law enforcement unit reported Thursday. These people were charged through recently-unsealed secret indictments:

Chillicothe police arrested two people after a Tuesday morning drug search at an Adams Avenue home. Jahmol Cruse, 34, of 823.5 Adams Ave., was charged with felony counts of possession of cocaine and possession of heroin. Heather Jones, 26, of the same address, was charged with a misdemeanor count of permitting drug abuse. The arrests […]

An alleged Mississippi drug dealer was arrested for a second time on heroin and cocaine trafficking charges. The Marion Police Department arrested Courtney D. Myles, 22, of Marion, in the 700 block of East Fairground Street. Myles, out on bond from a November arrest on similar charges, was charged with two counts of trafficking in […]

METRICH Commander Lt. Keith Porch can’t overestimate the importance of funding from the Office of Criminal Justice Services. “Without the funding, we wouldn’t exist,” he said. “Their support is what makes METRICH possible. It has allowed us to be in existence for 27 years.”