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Cleveland man found guilty of dealing heroin out of hotel

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Since Charles Daniels, who goes by the street name “Quick,” has been in the Wayne County Jail since April, there has been an apparent decrease in opiate overdoses.

Local organizations and families will see that decrease sustained as Daniels was found guilty Wednesday of charges he was trafficking heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil in Wooster.

Daniels, 39, 7400 Wade Park, Apt. 419, Cleveland rejected a plea deal and moved forward with a trial on charges of trafficking and possession of heroin, aggravated trafficking and possession of drugs, and illegal use/possession of drug paraphernalia.

His sentencing has been scheduled for Oct. 25.  [Read more…]

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Man admits selling heroin, causing overdoses

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For admittedly selling heroin that caused three overdoses in Wooster, a Cleveland man is likely to be sentenced to 17 years in a federal prison.

Demetrius L. Frizzell, 30, on Thursday pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and one count of attempted witness tampering, both felonies.

In March, Frizzell was indicted in U.S. District Court on six counts: two counts of distribution of heroin, one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin, one count of obstruction of justice and two counts of witness tampering.

He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 29. The plea agreement included a jointly recommended sentence of 17 years in prison.

The charges stem from incidents occurring in late 2016.  [Read more…]

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Columbus man pleads guilty to dealing lethal heroin mix

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A Columbus man will spend up to 20 years in prison for selling batches of heroin that killed one person and caused serious injury to another last year.

Richard R. Edwards, 28, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to distributing heroin and fentanyl that resulted in the death of a Columbus woman in December of 2016 and led to a non-fatal overdose of a Columbus man months earlier in August. Edwards was arrested in March and has remained in custody since. [Read more…]

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450 oxycodone pills found during Willoughby Hills traffic stop

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Willoughby Hills police arrested three men from Detroit who had more than 450 oxycodone pills.

The pills were discovered during a traffic stop at 2 a.m. Aug. 6.

According to police, further investigation after the stop and alert from an officer’s K-9s led to the bags being found in the car.

The men are being arraigned Aug. 7 in Willoughby Municipal Court.

Published by News-Herald

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Overdose deaths: Lake County report takes closer look at 2016

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“Our nation is in crisis,” President Trump’s Opioid Commission wrote in its recently released interim report. The commission urged the president to declare a national state of emergency. “With approximately 142 Americans dying every day, America is enduring a death toll equal to September 11th every three weeks,” the commission wrote in its report.

Lake County has seen the growing devastation of the crisis. In 2016, 86 people died of drug overdoses, shattering the previous record of 46 set just two years prior. [Read more…]

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