Two people are behind bars after the Hancock County METRICH Drug Task Force executed a search warrant. The task force searched 527 Allen Avenue in Findlay around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday. They found crack cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, prescription pills, cash, 2 handguns, a rifle, drug paraphernalia, and items indicative of drug trafficking. They arrested 24-year-old […]

A man was arrested when Seneca County Drug Task Force — METRICH Enforcement Unit and officers from Fostoria Police Department executed a drug-related search warrant Thursday. The task force executed the warrant at 728 W. Park Ave., which is the residence of Dominique J.A. Blakely, 26, according to a release. The warrant, signed by Tiffin-Fostoria […]

A Findlay woman was arrested early Thursday after a police raid at 133 Woodley Terrace in Findlay, the Findlay Police Department reported. Raven Merschman, 28, who lives at the address, was charged with possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, following the raid. At 5:34 a.m., the Hancock County METRICH Drug Task Force and the Findlay […]

Nearly a dozen people were arrested in two states on Wednesday for their alleged role in shipping more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana from California to Northeast Ohio, according to a federal indictment. Dozens of Drug Enforcement Agents, U.S. Marshals, Lake County Narcotics Agents, along with several other local and state police, executed arrest warrants early […]

Four people from the Valley have been arrested on federal drug and weapons charges. Indicted are Lawrence L. Whited (aka Chunk/Lamont), 47, of Youngstown; Jeanne M. George, 47, of Youngstown; Jonathan F. Brown (aka Joe Brown), 50, of Austintown, and Eva N. Whisel, 34, of Youngstown. Federal prosecutors say the suspects were trafficking in cocaine. […]