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Overdoses in Franklin County are focus of both prosecution and treatment

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A white board hanging in the Franklin County prosecutor’s office is running out of space to write the names of those charged with providing drugs that caused fatal or nonfatal overdoses.

The board contains the names of 12 people who have been indicted for one or more counts of involuntary manslaughter.

The latest name added is Shawn W. Point, 30, who was indicted last Friday on charges of involuntary manslaughter, corrupting another with drugs and trafficking in drugs. He is accused of selling drugs that led to the Sept. 21, 2015 overdose death of Sean D. Herman, 26, and the near-fatal overdose of Herman’s 27-year-old girlfriend at their apartment on East Broad Street in Bexley. [Read more…]

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Ironton man arraigned in drug bust

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A man arrested for trafficking in drugs during a drug bust in Ironton on Friday was arraigned in Ironton Municipal
Court Monday afternoon.

Isaac Hannon, 34, of 1350 S. Fifth Street, Ironton, appeared for his arraignment, where Ironton Municipal Court
Judge O. Clark Collins Jr. set bond at $50,000 cash or surety.

Friday’s bust involved officers from the Lawrence Drug and Major Crimes Task Force, Lawrence County Sheriff’s
Office, Ironton Police Department and the Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office. [Read more…]

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Orrville man gets prison for meth

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An Orrville man was given three years in prison Tuesday after he admitted to making methamphetamine in the summer.

Lawrence B. Procario, 38, last known address of 1408 Spring Hill Drive, was sentenced to prison by Judge Mark K. Wiest in Wayne County Common Pleas Court after he pleaded guilty to illegal manufacture of drugs, a second-degree felony. He was given credit for 189 days already served on this case.

Procario was one of three people arrested June 28 and subsequently charged when the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office went to a home at 425 Garfield Avenue in Orrville to serve a warrant. [Read more…]

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A first in the state

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The official signing of The Drug Endangered Child Alliance took place Monday, Nov. 14, at Wayne County Children Services. Although there are numerous DEC alliances throughout the country, the signing marks the first Drug Endangered Child Alliance in the state of Ohio. The alliance is representative of a collaborative effort to protect the children who are at risk of suffering physical or emotional harm as a result of parental illegal drug use.

The Drug Endangered Child Alliance MOU was signed by representatives from Wayne County Children Services, Medway The Prosecutor’s Office, Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, Wooster Police Department, Rittman Police Department, Doylestown Police Department, Apple Creek Police Department, Smithville Police Department, Dalton Police Department, West Salem Police Department and Shreve Police Department. Not pictured but committed to the Alliance are Orrville, Marshallville and Creston police departments. Also pictured are Wayne County Children Service’s employees Ron Copenhaver and Heather Dean, who worked together with law enforcement to create the first Drug Endangered Child Alliance in Ohio.

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Drug dealer arrested in Wooster

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A Summit County drug dealer was arrested Thursday at a local gas station with two small children in the vehicle with him.

Tyler Stephens, 25, was arrested, according to the Medway Drug Enforcement Agency, on a warrant from Summit County.

He was picked up by Summit County on Friday morning.

Medway Senior Agent Jason Waddell said the agency was aware Stephens, nicknamed “Tennessee,” had reportedly been selling meth in Wayne County for some time now. [Read more…]

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