Apr 3, 2019 | Franklin County Drug Task Force
The Columbus City Attorney and Franklin County Sheriff announced their offices worked together to shut down a massage parlor that investigators say was a front for illegal sex acts. A months-long investigation revealed a pattern of prostitution at Sunflower Asian Spa...
Nov 17, 2018 | METRICH Enforcement Unit
Seven women, including several from this area, have been arrested on prostitution charges as a result of an investigation this week by the Hancock County METRICH Drug Task Force. Those charged are from Findlay, Delphos, Delta, Toledo and Clayton, Michigan. The arrests...
May 28, 2017 | Franklin County Drug Task Force
Every day, Sgt. Shawn Pak saw the damage heroin and opioids cause in his job at the Franklin County jail. And the deputy with the county sheriff’s office believed addicts were responsible for their own misery. “It was kind of businesslike, kind of a detached view,”...
Mar 2, 2017 | METRICH Enforcement Unit
Police reported they raided a massage parlor Wednesday afternoon at 1504 W. Fourth St. because of complaints of suspected prostitution and sexual-related activity at the business The business in question is Tuina Studio, according to a news release from the METRICH...
Dec 7, 2016 | METRICH Enforcement Unit
Five people were arrested after an undercover human trafficking investigation was conducted in Bluffton on Tuesday by the Hancock and Wood County sheriffs offices and Hancock-METRICH Criminal Task Force. According to a press release from the Hancock County Sheriff’s...