WOOSTER -- A jury failed to reach a verdict in a two-day trial of an Apple Creek man who was charged with operating a meth lab out of his room at the Orrville Inn. The case in Wayne County Commons Pleas Court against David Yoakem Sr., 40, 122 Villard St., will instead be retried on […]

A Mansfield man was arrested Friday morning on multiple drug charges, including manufacturing and selling methamphetamine, officials said. Dale Smith, 24, of 156 W. Second St., was charged with one count of illegal manufacture of drugs, one count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for manufacture of drugs, one count of possession of controlled […]

Hancock County METRICH Drug Task Force detectives arrested a Findlay man on drug charges Thursday. Lloyd T.M. Ellcessor, 27, was charged with two fifth-degree felony charges of drug trafficking following a search at 8:04 p.m. Thursday of his home at 811 Putnam St., according to Det. Sgt. Justin Hendren. Law enforcement officers seized an unspecified […]

Two men were arrested Friday after the Summit County Drug Unit raided a home in Akron. Brian L. Williams, 51, and Christopher Hale, 47, were each arrested inside the Gold Street home on warrants for heroin trafficking. They were being held in the Summit County Jail pending an appearance Saturday in Akron Municipal Court. Drug […]

Officers think drug traffickers from Chicago only operated a few days before they were busted. The METRICH-MARMET Drug Task Force, assisted by the Marion City Special Response Team, the Marion Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, discovered heroin and crack cocaine Wednesday afternoon.