Upper Arlington police have arrested two men for allegedly manufacturing the popular gum drop-type candies with Xanax. According to the Upper Arlington Division of Police, officers and members of the Franklin County Drug Task Force responded to the 1800 block of Ridgecliff Road on Tuesday after residents said they smelled a strong chemical odor from a […]

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that state, local, and federal officials served a search warrant on a suspected “pill mill” in Ironton. Members of the Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and special prosecutions unit joined the Ironton Police Department, Lawrence County Drug Task Force, Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office, Lawrence County Sheriff’s […]

A Tiffin man was arrested Wednesday after law enforcement conducted an undercover sting operation that unveiled drugs, stolen guns and other stolen property.

The METRICH Enforcement Unit, with help from a number of other agencies, conducted a countywide drug sweep Thursday. "This was a great operation, but there is still a lot of work to be done," METRICH project director and city police Chief Dino Sgambellone said. "METRICH will continue to proactively pursue those individuals who choose to sell drugs in […]

Two Painesville residents were arrested Monday on charges of copying doctors’ prescriptions and using them to obtain drugs from area pharmacies. James Omersa, 42, and Caroline Bower, 51, are accused of obtaining legitimate prescriptions from area doctors, making copies and then filling them at multiple pharmacies, said Sgt. Chris Begley with the Lake County Narcotics […]