Sheriff George T. Maier announced that on Tuesday, September 16. 2014 the Stark County Sheriff's Metro Narcotics Unit completed a joint investigation, along with the Summit County Drug Unit.  The joint investigation resulted in a search warrant and the arrest of two suspects in connection with the case for Possession of Drugs and Trafficking in […]

Six people were arrested on drug trafficking and possession charges Wednesday morning in a multi- agency drug sweep throughout Shelby. METRICH, the U.S. Marshal's Office and the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force searched nine Shelby residences on warrants, with the assistance of the Shelby Police Department, from about 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday. Four […]

Police and sheriff’s departments have stepped up their enforcement against heroin crimes, but officials say it is too soon to know the effect of their increased efforts. Geauga County Coroner Dr. Robert Coleman said while there have been some potential heroin overdoses in the county in June and July, complete testing takes time, so final […]

An estimated $4,750 in drugs were taken off the streets as drug task force members arrested one and seek others for possession and trafficking. The METRICH-MARMET Drug Task Force seized 200 ecstasy pills, 80 Xanax pills and 6 grams of crack cocaine from a male suspect around 4 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Mount […]

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 […]