A Fairfield man was arrested on felony drug charges following a search of his home by the Butler County Regional Narcotics Taskforce. BURN officers executed a search warrant Tuesday at a house in the 5300 block of Sandstone Drive. There, officers found marijuana, hash oil, and vaping devices pre-loaded with a marijuana substance as well […]

Two people are behind bars after the Hancock County METRICH Drug Task Force executed a search warrant. The task force searched 527 Allen Avenue in Findlay around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday. They found crack cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, prescription pills, cash, 2 handguns, a rifle, drug paraphernalia, and items indicative of drug trafficking. They arrested 24-year-old […]

The Painesville man arrested in what is considered the Lake County Narcotics Agency's biggest drug bust “in quite some time” was sentenced Oct. 29 to 12 years in prison. Otis Miller, 42, was sentenced by Lake County Common Pleas Court Judge Vincent A. Culotta for first-degree felony cocaine trafficking and second-degree felony aggravated trafficking in […]

A Findlay woman was arrested early Thursday after a police raid at 133 Woodley Terrace in Findlay, the Findlay Police Department reported. Raven Merschman, 28, who lives at the address, was charged with possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, following the raid. At 5:34 a.m., the Hancock County METRICH Drug Task Force and the Findlay […]

The Lake County Narcotics Agency arrested a Painesville man found with a “large quantity of drugs” during an Oct. 15 raid. The agency executed a search warrant at 381 South St. Clair Street in the city following numerous complaints of drug activity at the residence. The Painesville Police Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office assisted […]