Three men, including two from Florida and one from Pepper Pike, face federal drug charges after agents seized more than 23,000 THC cartridges used in vaping devices during an investigation last month, authorities say. A grand jury on Wednesday indicted Frank Altieri, 25, of Brooklyn, Florida; David Bruell, 28, of Pepper Pike; and James Campbell, […]

Three men suspected of making methamphetamine in a New Bloomington trailer were indicted on felony charges this week. Donald E. Hurrell Jr., 53; Patrick W. Kepler, 44; and Jonathon M. Klaiber, 36, all of New Bloomington, were each indicted on two counts of illegal assembly of chemicals to manufacture methamphetamine, both second-degree felonies, and other […]

Members of multiple local agencies arrested a 31-year-old Willoughby woman suspected of drug trafficking, after executing a search warrant May 2. Willoughby Police Department, the Western Lake County Emergency Response Team and the Lake County Narcotics Agency arrested Vannessa Pettrey in the 5100 block of Chestnut Hill Drive, for allegedly trafficking drugs from her residence. […]

A Findlay man was arrested on drug charges after a search warrant was executed by the Hancock County METRICH Drug Task Force on Tuesday. According to a release, authorities conducted a search of room 134 of the Super 8 Motel on Broad Avenue in Findlay where the confiscated crack cocaine, drug paraphernalia and items indicative […]

Twenty-one dogs were removed from a home in west Columbus Thursday morning as part of an arrest in a suspected dogfighting ring. According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, 13 pit bulls, seven puppies and one Yorkshire Terrier were taken from the home in the 700 block of Dexter Avenue. Authorities also found one dead […]