A 27-year-old Groveport man is facing drug charges after investigators reported finding a marijuana grow project that he was allegedly conducting from his home in southeast Franklin County. Anthony L. Gurden was arrested by Franklin County Sheriff's deputies and the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) on a federal arrest warrant for […]

A man and a woman were arrested while detectives from the Franklin County Sheriff’s office were serving a drug-related warrant at a west Columbus apartment Thursday evening. According to Sheriff Zach Scott, The Franklin County Drug Task Force conducted an investigation into heroin trafficking at an apartment located in the 100 block of Schoolhouse Lane. […]

A joint effort by law enforcement resulted in two arrests Thursday and a seizure of drugs and guns. Sheriff Scott Kent and officers from the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office, Bucyrus and Galion police departments and the METRICH Enforcement Unit served a search warrant at 2750 Kahn Road.

The Franklin County bomb squad responded to a Pickerington-area hotel after what was thought to be a grenade was found during a drug raid. According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Central Ohio HIDTA Drug Task Force members and Homeland Security officers were investigating a tip regarding a large amount of drugs located in two […]

Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones reports undercover agents from the Butler County Undercover Regional Narcotics (BURN) Task Force were quite active this past weekend with four separate investigations netting four arrests and the seizure of thousands of dollars-worth of illegal drugs, 3 vehicles, a handgun, and a double barreled, sawed-off shotgun.  Following is a […]