The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has announced the search of multiple businesses in recent weeks for allegedly buying and reselling stolen merchandise. In October 2014, the county created the Heroin Task Force to investigate heroin use and seek out the funding sources of the heroin trade. One of the most common funding sources is the […]

Police arrested a man and woman accused in a drug-related shoplifting spree after they almost ran over an officer and led police on a brief chase. Matthew McCale, 52, of McDonald is suspected of stealing from at least four stores at Great Lakes Mall. McCale and 50-year-old Debra Kutsch of Girard were taken into custody about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Charles Tingler was found guilty on four of five counts for making bomb threats and threatening to bring a gun to a school. Tingler will be sentenced by Ottawa County Common Pleas Court Judge Bruce Winters at 3 p.m. May 13. A jury of eight women and four men found Tingler guilty on two counts […]

The Lake County Narcotics Agency donated thousands of dollars worth of plant growing equipment on March 3 to the Holden Arboretum in Kirtland. The equipment included numerous light assemblies, bulbs and ballasts, which help regulate the electricity going out to the various lights and was worth between $2,000 to $3,000. The Narcotics Agency seized the […]

A 67-year-old man was arrested Thursday on a charge of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor. Richard Darr, of 7356 Armstrong Road, was taken to the Richland County Jail after authorities searched his residence. “He was allegedly downloading photographs of juveniles involved in pornographic activities,” METRICH Sgt. Chad Brubaker said. While searching Darr’s residence, […]