On Oct. 15, a 55-year-old woman allegedly high on heroin struck a female pedestrian and two utility poles. According to local police, the woman somehow lost control of her vehicle while she was driving on Beechmont Avenue in the vicinity of the Five Mile Road...
Year: 2014
Footage shows employee committing workers ‘compensation fraud
In Cuyahoga County, Ohio, a worker at a plant is being charged with workers' compensation fraud. The man claimed that he sustained injuries after falling in the production plant where he was employed. While investigating the incident, authorities in the case...
2 charged with drug trafficking and possession after traffic stop
On Oct. 4, two people were taken into custody after troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol found crack cocaine on one of the individuals after conducting a traffic stop. The two individuals were identified as a 24-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman. The traffic...
Ohio teacher charged for alleged sex crimes against minors
Authorities recently reported that law enforcement officials detained a Switzerland of Ohio School District teacher on multiple charges in connection with sex-related crimes involving minors. According to Monroe County officials, the alleged offenses occurred between...
Man faces 20-year sentence for drug charges
A man in Ohio may be sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to various drug charges. The 29-year-old reportedly entered a no-contest plea to two counts of heroin distribution and four counts of fentanyl distribution as part of a deal he reached with the...
Search of residence leads to drug charges
A woman in Ohio was taken into custody on Sept. 5 after police raided her home in Huntington. A drug task force and the Huntington Police Department's Special Emphasis Unit reportedly obtained a search warrant before they detained the woman at her residence that...
Ohio doctor accused of drug distribution may be in Pakistan
Authorities believe that a physician who reportedly distributed large quantities of prescription painkillers to individuals who had no legitimate need for the medications is now in Pakistan. A warrant was issued for the doctor, who did not appear at his arraignment on...
Ohio man faces drug charges after 2-vehicle collision
A 32-year-old Ohio man who was accused of being involved in a collision at a Dayton intersection was taken into custody and charged with drug-related offenses on Aug. 30. According to the report, the collision took place at the Hoover Avenue and North Gettysburg...
Defenses to Ohio drug charges
The basic premise of our criminal justice system allows anyone accused of a crime the presumption of innocence, which means that it is necessary for the state of Ohio to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the individual facing criminal charges is guilty. Moreover,...
Will Ohio corrections officer need a criminal defense attorney?
Corrections officers throughout the country spend a great deal of time in close proximity to inmates. In some cases, officers come into contact with them after they are released. In the case of one Ohio man, alleged contact with a former female inmate could require...