A man who dealt a deadly mix of heroin and fentanyl to a man, who died, was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison. Omar Israel-Griffin, 27, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of distribution of a controlled substance on Wednesday. Police investigated after a man was found dead of an overdose in his Anderson […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]