Jan 12, 2018 | METRICH Enforcement Unit
A Marion man was taken into custody on Thursday in connection with a 2016 overdose death, according to the Marion City Police Department. Detectives with the METRICH-MARMET Drug Task Force arrested Brandon Crowe, 36, in the 200 block of East Washington Ave., on...
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...
Dec 19, 2017 | Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force
As the holidays approach, Traci Cunningham said the emptiness inside of her caused by the loss of her son nearly 10 months ago hasn’t faded. “I can’t hug a memory, I can’t hug a photo,” Cunningham said. “My pain is never going to go...
Dec 17, 2017 | Hamilton County Heroin Task Force
After Daniel Eckhardt’s corpse was found on the side of a road in Hamilton County, Ohio, last year, police determined he died of a heroin overdose. Not long ago, law enforcement’s involvement would have ended there. But amid a national opioid-addiction crisis fueling...
Nov 21, 2017 | Hamilton County Heroin Task Force
Michael Chandler, 29, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 200 months in prison for distributing fentanyl. As part of his sentence, Chandler was also ordered to pay more than $9,000 in restitution to cover the funeral costs for an overdose death that...
