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 an unprecedented wave of overdose deaths, the investigation was just beginning. Detectives interrogated witnesses and […]

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 resulted from Chandler’s drug distributing. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States […]

A Cincinnati man sentenced to 200 months for fentanyl distribution resulting in an overdose has also been ordered to pay funeral expenses. Michael Chandler, 29, 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 […]

The U.S. Marshal’s Task Force on Oct. 31 arrested a fugitive in Madison Township wanted on involuntary manslaughter charges after he sold heroin that led to two overdose deaths. According to Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Andrew Deserto, 22-year-old Cleveland resident Savonn Primm was arrested by the Task Force in the 6700 block of Georgetown Lane. […]

Two Wooster men are in custody after they were charged in federal court for dealing heroin and cocaine to a woman who later died from a drug overdose. Jamie Curtis, 36, and Theodore Alleman, 28, both have been indicted on one count of distribution of heroin and cocaine, a charge that carries a potential sentencing […]