About an hour's drive northeast of Cincinnati will put you in Xenia, Ohio. The town just a few miles outside of Dayton was recently the site of a drug arrest involving a substance relatively unknown but quickly making a name for itself. Carfentanil is "a synthetic...
Alcohol and Drug Crimes
Busted for OVI, driver’s shirt says “This guy needs a beer”
If you drive northeast of Cincinnati for about four hours, you will come to Alliance, Ohio. That is where a man was recently arrested for drunken driving while wearing a t-shirt adorned with a message he might now regret: "This guy needs a beer." Law enforcement...
Bill would end mandatory prison time for non-violent offenders who violate parole
According to figures from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, the state's prison network, which is designed to accommodate 38,579 inmates, is currently housing well over 50,000 inmates. ODRC statistics also reveal that 28 percent of this massive...
Ohio state legislator faces OVI, weapons charges
Early reports are not positive ones for State Rep. Wes Retherford of Hamilton. The legislator was recently arrested for OVI after reportedly falling asleep in a McDonald's drive-thru. A police report indicates that he almost fell down while he was being administered a...
Ohio State Patrol in search of drunk drivers on St. Patrick’s Day
No matter how much green you wear or how affecting your Irish lilt might be on this St. Patrick's Day, you do not want to get pulled over by Cincinnati police, Hamilton County Sheriff's deputies or the Ohio State Highway Patrol. All of those law enforcement agencies...
Former Ohio cop faces probation after DUI charges reduced
A former police officer is in a battle to reclaim his job with the Cleveland police department. It is not clear how that fight will be affected by his recent plea of no contest to a misdemeanor charge of being in physical control of a vehicle while under the...