CRIME & SAFETY
Drug bust on vehicle and home in West Lafayette
WEST LAFAYETTE − The Coshocton County Sheriff's Office reported a dual drug bust Thursday in the Village of West Lafayette. The sheriff's office said in a press release, that Capt. Morgan Eckelberry initiated a traffic stop on a red Jeep SUV after conducting active surveillance on a residence in the village. K-9 Charli conducted an open-air sniff around the vehicle and alerted to the presence of narcotics, the press release stated. A large amount of suspected methamphetamine was located inside the vehicle and two suspects were taken into custody, with assistance from the sheriff's office.
After years of talking and planning, ground breaks for new Wayne County Jail
Back in the 1970s, Wayne County Sheriff Travis Hutchinson was just 20 and starting his law enforcement career at the new, state-of-the-art Wayne County Jail. Now, Hutchinson said, he’ll end his career just as construction gets underway on a new facility and a renovation of the nearly 50-year-old facility.
Shawn McKelvey gets state attention for work he does with South Central firefighters
Shawn McKelvey, assistant chief and fiscal officer for the South Central Fire District in Fredericksburg, considers it a privilege to serve the community in which he grew up. McKelvey was named the Fire Officer of the Year by the Ohio Department of Commerce's Division of State Fire Marshal and Ohio Department of Public Safety's Division of EMS.
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