Two people are facing charges after a search warrant was executed a residence in Sycamore this past Sunday. According to a release from the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office, the Major Crimes Unit served the warrant at 309 and a half East Seventh Street in the village. Detectives located suspected controlled substances that consisted of heroin […]

There are not dozens of homegrown meth labs dotting every corner here, with self-taught chemists mixing at odd hours to produce a notorious white powder that spawns incessant picking, scratching and frightening hallucinations. But meth has arrived in Ottawa County. Carl Rider, Ottawa County's drug task force commander, relayed a story about an Ottawa County Sheriff's […]

A Grand Jury has indicted five people for manufacturing methamphetamines at an Ashland residence. Ashland Police and the METRICH Task Force conducted an investigation at 506 West 10th Street on October 30th, with special teams responding to neutralize the potentially dangerous chemicals used in the methamphetamine production. After a search warrant had been prepared for […]

The ongoing war on drugs has taken a toll on police Chief David Koepke. "We are just sick and tired of the drug epidemic," he said. Koepke made the comment following a Thursday morning drug raid at 1111 Willard St. Authorities reported finding a "large" amount of suspected cocaine, methamphetamine, prescription narcotics, criminal tools, guns, […]

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 […]