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175 grams of cocaine confiscated

A 70-year-old man remained in the Wayne County Jail as of Friday on drug charges after a search warrant executed at his home yielded nearly 175 grams of cocaine. Cleveland Thomas, 70, of 3989 Canal Road, Wooster, was arrested and charged for possession and trafficking in cocaine in Wayne County Municipal Court. A preliminary hearing […]

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Officials arrest 27 Defiance County residents on drug charges

More than 25 individuals were arrested on drug charges Monday in Defiance County following a lengthy undercover drug investigation. According to Multi-Area Narcotics (MAN) Unit director Doug Engel, the roundup was the result of an 18-month investigation by the agency that focused primarily on prescription opiates, but also resulted in charges involving cocaine and marijuana. […]

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No. 1 killer in Ohio-unintended overdose

When Emily Estrada stood in front of Judge Mark K. Wiest on Aug. 18, 2011, she was not ready to admit she had much of a problem. But when he set her bond in Wayne County Common Pleas Court at a whopping $100,000 she was shocked. "That was pretty much the day he saved my […]

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Men charged with selling drugs at local businesses

Two men were recently charged with selling drugs at local businesses, and a woman was charged with using deception to get prescription drugs. An Ottawa County grand jury recently indicted Lee Mays, 42, of Sandusky, on two felony counts of trafficking in cocaine and one felony count of trafficking in heroin. Mays, who was arrested […]

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12 Indicted In Large Prescription Pill Trafficking Operation

2 people were indicted on Monday in the wake of a five month investigation conducted by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office into a Florida to Ohio trafficking conspiracy. Knox County officials say the indictments include over 400 counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs, aggravated funding of drug activity, and engaging in a pattern of corrupt […]

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