Ex chief goes on trial over missing 10k

The former Smith Township police chief, was the only person who held the key to the department’s evidence room September 25, 2018Prosecutors said Monday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court that John Siranovic, the former Smith Township police chief, was the...

Warren city worker convicted of theft

The lawn mower, part of evidence Warren police had collected in a series of home burglaries, was discovered missing when police were planning to return it to its owner. September 23, 2018WARREN – A Warren city employee was found guilty today on petty theft charges...

Reprimand: Deputy seizes marijuana in traffic stop, doesn’t report it

How deputy discarded the marijuana isn’t disclosed September 10, 2018BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio — A Butler County deputy facing a federal lawsuit in connection with withholding and tampering with evidence received a formal reprimand, more than a year prior, for...

Police officer charged with drug trafficking

She stole medication from a suburban Cincinnati residence while there on official business and then tried to sell it. August 23, 2018FOREST PARK, OH (FOX19) – A veteran police officer is under arrest on felony charges she stole medication from a suburban...

Ohio police chief fatally overdosed on drugs taken from evidence room, investigators say

Kirkersville Police Chief James Hughes Jr. was found unresponsive in his home May 25 and pronounced dead shortly after, August 2, 2018An Ohio police chief died from an accidental fentanyl overdose after the drugs were removed from his department’s evidence room,...

Kirkersville police chief overdosed on drugs he allegedly took from evidence room

James Hughes Jr., who died of a fentanyl overdose may have allegedly took the drugs from the evidence room August 1, 2018KIRKERSVILLE, Ohio — Investigation has revealed Kirkersville Police Chief James Hughes Jr., who died of a fentanyl overdose may have allegedly took...