The MARMET/METRICH Drug Task Force concluded several drug-related investigations over the past week and arrested three individuals for trafficking. One of those arrests took place in Toledo. On May 15, 2016, MARMET and the Ohio State Highway Patrol concluded a several month investigation by arresting Najmuddeen Salaam of Marion. Salaam, age 46, was stopped in […]
Marion man arrested after detectives say drugs were found during a traffic stop
MARMET detectives arrested a Marion man after allegedly discovering he was carrying over 90 bindles of heroin. Investigators later allegedly discovered cash, a handgun, and even more drugs at the man’s apartment. Monday, April 25, 2016, at approximately 10:30am, detectives from the MARMET/METRICH Drug Task Force stopped a vehicle in the 300 block of Barks […]
MARMET arrests 6 for drug trafficking, seeks 4 more suspects
On Friday, February 19, 2016, detectives from the METRICH/MARMET Drug Task Force, assisted by Marion County Adult Probation, Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Marion Police Department and the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office concluded several drug trafficking investigations by making six arrests. Arrested were: Leon Plummer, Age 36 of Marion Cedrick Riley, Age 31 of Marion (detectives […]
Marion man wanted following search warrant in narcotics investigation
METRICH/MARMET Drug Task Force and local law enforcement agencies are looking for a suspect wanted following the execution of a search warrant on Monday, February 15, 2016. Shon Maniaci, 21, of Marion, has a warrant for his arrest out of Marion Municipal Court for possession of cocaine and heroin. Maniaci is described as a white […]
MARMET busts drug operations in Marion
The METRICH/MARMET Drug Task Force executed three search warrants this week that resulted in several arrests and the elimination of a meth lab operating out of a local home. On February 9, 2016, two warrants were served inside the City of Marion as part of a month long investigation into the sale of illegal drugs. […]
Marion man arrested, again, for drug charges
On February 4, 2016, detectives with the METRICH/MARMET Drug Task Force, assisted by the Marion Police Department, executed a search warrant 364 Olney Ave in the City of Marion as part of an investigation into the sale of illegal narcotics. Arrested in this investigation was Dusty Maag, age 34 of Marion. Maag was charged with […]
Police arrest two for manufacturing meth in Marion
On January 19, 2016, Detectives with the METRICH/MARMET Drug Task Force, assisted by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCI) and the Marion Police Department, executed a search warrant 634 Pearl Street in the City of Marion as part of an investigation into the manufacturing of methamphetamine. Arrested in this investigation were the […]
Police make 10 arrests, seize drugs and cash as part of Operation Grinch Round-Up
On December 23, 2015 beginning at 7:00 a.m., Detectives from the METRICH/MARMET Drug Task Force, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the Marion Police Department and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCI&I) began a year end operation to round up drug traffickers and others with warrants in the Marion area. In addition to warrant […]
Three arrested for Marion burglaries
The Marion Police Department said they arrested three individuals suspected in two burglaries in Marion. In both cases, the suspects were caught at the scenes of the alleged crimes. At 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, December 8, 2015, officers from the Marion Police Department, along with detectives from the MARMET Drug Task Force, responded to the 300 […]
MARMET arrests makes arrest in “major crack cocaine bust”
Officials with the MARMET Drug Task Force said officers executed a search warrant last week that resulted in one arrest and the seizure of drugs and cash. Those officials described the culmination of their investigations as a “major crack cocaine bust.” On October 30, 2015 at 7:18 p.m., detectives with the Marion Metropolitan Drug Task […]