Jan 3, 2018 | Lake County Narcotics Agency
The scene looks peaceful at first glance. The young couple is cuddled under a blanket on a stormy November Sunday in Painesville. But a closer look tells a more tragic story. On the table in front of them is a line of white powder with a straw nearby. The couple...
May 28, 2017 | Franklin County Drug Task Force
Every day, Sgt. Shawn Pak saw the damage heroin and opioids cause in his job at the Franklin County jail. And the deputy with the county sheriff’s office believed addicts were responsible for their own misery. “It was kind of businesslike, kind of a detached view,”...
Apr 30, 2017 | Lorain County Drug Task Force
Residents came out in steady numbers to police departments in Lorain County on Saturday with bags of expired or no longer needed prescription pills for a drug turn-in day. Saturday’s collection accounted for the bulk of more than 4,000 pounds of pills collected from...
Mar 21, 2017 | Lake County Narcotics Agency
Recently, in just three days, Madison Township officials responded to five opiate overdoses. Police report the first — around 1:30 a.m. March 18 — involved a 36-year-old man whom officers revived with a dose of Narcan. The second, which happened about 8 p.m. March 18,...
Mar 15, 2017 | Lawrence Drug and Major Crime Task Force
The drug epidemic and overdoses in Lawrence County are a continual issue to the county emergency medical services. Lawrence County EMS Director Buddy Fry informed the commission on Tuesday that county EMS responded to six drug overdoses with one death this past...
