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Two high-level Ohio drug offenders receive lengthy prison sentences
GUERNSEY COUNT, Ohio — The Guernsey County Sheriff’s Office announced the lengthy sentencing of two Ohio men for their high-level drug-related crimes in Guernsey County from two separate drug investigations. According to Sheriff Jeffrey Paden, on May 9, Scott A. Buckius Sr. of Cambridge, Ohio, was sentenced to 12-14 years in jail for two cases […]
William Church Jr. of Byesville sentenced on drug charges
CAMBRIDGE − William "Butch" Church Jr. of Byesville was recently sentenced to 12 to 16 years in prison, according to news release from Sheriff Jeffrey Paden. An investigation began in mid-2023 and on June 5 of last year a Guernsey County detective in working in a marked sheriff's cruiser initiated a traffic stop on Church, which resulted in the seizure of more than 50 grams of methamphetamines and 40 grams of fentanyl from the vehicle. He plead guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a second-degree felony, and possession of a fentanyl related compound, a first-degree felony.
Ohio officials and family say 77-year-old father has been missing since May 10
An Ohio family says they are looking for their father who has been missing since May 10. The Guernsey County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a report of a missing man, John T. Sigman, age 77 of Lore City. The Sheriff’s Office said Sigman left his home in his 2013 silver Ford truck with the license […]
Ohio man allegedly left horses standing in own manure, dogs 20 pounds underweight in hoarding case
BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — A probable cause hearing in a Belmont County animal abuse case ran long on Thursday when the accused man, acting as his own attorney, insisted on cross-examining the witness at length. Scott Wolfe and his girlfriend, Tess Coleman of Barnesville, were allegedly keeping 20 dogs and puppies and three horses in deplorable […]
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