County drug task force agents and Salem police raided the sixth suspected meth lab in the city within a year Wednesday, finding meth, heroin and the chemicals used to make meth in a home on West Pershing Street. With guns drawn and a battering ram and search warrant in hand, they breached the door at […]

The METRICH Enforcement Unit with the assistance of ASORT, the Mansfield Police Department and the Richland County Sheriff’s Office served a drug-related search warrant at 577½ Davidson St. on Friday after four suspected heroin overdoses had arrived at MedCentral/Mansfield Hospital during an 11-hour time period, according to a news release from the agency. Detectives located […]

Two people are behind bars after members of the Lawrence Drug and Major Crimes Task Force raid a house in Ironton Tuesday. According to the Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Lori Knipp, 48, and Billy Barnett, 38, who both live at the home in the 2600 block of South 5th Street were arrested. Task Force […]

Valentine's Day wasn't very sweet for some city residents as several law enforcement officers simultaneously executed search warrants at three locations just before dawn Friday, resulting in three arrests and confiscation of drugs and other evidence. The county Drug Task Force (DTF) was assisted by city police officers, the county Special Response Team (SRT), county […]

A man and woman are in jail following a raid Thursday that yielded cocaine, cash and an assault rifle. Michael A. Adams, 32, and Jai Redic, 26, were arrested at an apartment in the 3800 block of West Cornell Woods Drive around 10:15 a.m. on a search warrant that is part of an investigation involving […]