Officers seized suspected fentanyl, suspected crack cocaine, and drug paraphernalia. They also found a stolen firearm. Collins and Fair were taken to jail on unrelated warrants, the case will be sent to the Allen County Grand Jury to see if additional charges will be filed.

Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey reports that the HIT Team (Heroin Interdiction Team) conducted a detail on Tuesday (August 9, 2022). The detail focused on stopping the use and transportation of narcotics. The HIT Team is made up of members of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, Celina Police Department and Coldwater Police Department. The Grand Lake Task Force also assisted with this detail.

On 06/28/2022 a narcotics search warrant was served at 537 N. Oak Street Kenton, Ohio. The warrant was obtained by the Hardin County Crime Task Force, and it was executed by the Hardin County Special Response Team. Suspected narcotics and drug paraphernalia were found at the residence and collected.

CELINA, OH- Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey announced this morning the arrest of Zachary Frazier, 31,  Coldwater, and Alan Bricher, 29, Coldwater, for drug possession, fifth degree felonies.  Mercer County Sheriff’s Detectives, acting on information that they had received surveilled Frazier as he went to the Dayton, OH area to purchase fentanyl on Thursday evening. 

On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, the West Central Ohio Crime Task Force, assisted by the Allen County Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T. Team, served two narcotics related search warrants at 1125 Hughes Ave. Lima, Allen County, Ohio and 907 Madison Ave. Lima, Allen County, Ohio.

Just after 5:30 Tuesday morning, the Hancock County METRICH Drug Task Force, and Findlay Police Emergency Response Team, executed a search warrant at 1900 Kirkwood Court, apartment C, in Findlay. Arrested were 29-year-old Franklin Brown IV and 22-year-old Madeleine Heater, both of that address.