Ten people have been indicted following Operation Lifeboat, a three-day Ottawa County investigation targeting alleged online solicitation of minors.
Galion officials have closed the Heise Park restrooms after repeated vandalism caused significant damage and left the facilities unusable pending repairs.
A former Bucyrus municipal worker pleaded guilty to five felony pandering charges involving a minor or impaired person as part of a plea agreement.
A Galion man in custody since November 2025 pleaded guilty to five counts of weapons under disability and one count of drug possession Monday in Crawford County Common Pleas Court.
METRICH detectives seized $84,510 in cash, two firearms and other items during a drug-related search of a Mansfield home Wednesday.
A Shelby, Ohio, man was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to cyberstalking and threatening three women through social media, prosecutors said.
A late-night breaking and entering investigation led to a pursuit in Bucyrus Monday, leaving BPD K9 Officer Wireman seriously injured and two additional officers with injuries.
Crestline police and METRICH investigators arrested a 61-year-old man after coordinated searches of two residences uncovered suspected methamphetamine, drugs, paraphernalia and cash.
Authorities are searching for Diego Andres Parra Vega, wanted on vehicular manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges following a fatal May motorcycle crash in Union County, Ohio.
Finley Foust Jr. was sentenced to 16 to 20 years in prison after a Crawford County jury convicted him on domestic violence charges.