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Judge Eyster orders Public Square business closed

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Mount Vernon Police Department Detectives and Agents from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation executed a search warrant Thursday at Waking Dreams Smoke Shop on the Public Square.

The Knox County Prosecutor’s Office announced the warrant on their Facebook page. According to the post, “The warrants were the result of an investigation into the sale of synthetic drugs by Waking Dreams. The Prosecutor’s Office filed a civil nuisance complaint based upon the business permitting felony drug offenses to take place on its premises.”

An ex parte order was signed by Judge Otho Eyster closing the business until a hearing can be held in the case. [Read more…]

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Four years for man who sold drugs to undercover agents

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A local man who admitted to employing a 17-year-old to deliver cocaine before his southside home was raided in July has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Judge Kelly Cottrill imposed the prison term Monday after Zanesville resident Jimmy J. Davidson pleaded guilty last month to three charges in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court. The charges stem from a multiagency investigation into Davidson’s alleged drug crimes. [Read more…]

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Traffickers get time for Alpha

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Three people involved in what investigators called one of the main supply rings of Alpha-PVP in Lawrence County were sentenced Wednesday in common pleas court.

James Bowles, 31, of 4023 County Road 30, Kitts Hill, was sentenced to six years in prison. He previously pleaded guilty to counts of second- and fifth-degree aggravated trafficking in drugs, fifth-degree possession of drugs and misdemeanor resisting arrest and possession of drug abuse instruments. [Read more…]

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Several indicted on drug trafficking, weapons charges in Lorain County

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Several indictments regarding drug trafficking and firearms crimes in Lorain County were recently unsealed in federal court as part of an ongoing coordinated enforcement initiative, law enforcement officials said.

The indictments were announced Nov. 12 by U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach, Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will, Elyria police Chief Duane Whitely, Lorain police Chief Cel Rivera, Lorain County Sheriff Phil Stammitti, Drug Enforcement Administration Resident Agent-in-Charge Keith Martin, ATF Special Agent-in-Charge Donald J. Soranno, FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Steven D. Anthony and the Lorain County Sheriff’s Drug Task Force. [Read more…]

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