CRAWFORD COUNTY — Suspected drugs and also a firearm were seized March 27-28 during a drug interdiction saturation operation that involved multiple law enforcement agencies in Crawford County. Operating under the METRICH Enforcement Unit umbrella, the program focused on known drug areas and other areas of interest in Crawford County, resulting in multiple arrests. The […]
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News Man Weekly: Retired police Chief Phil Messer talks about METRICH start
MANSFIELD – The 26th episode of the News Man Weekly podcast has dropped. In this week’s edition, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell is joined by former Mansfield police Chief Phil Messer, who served in the MPD for 34 years, the last eight as chief, before retiring in 2010. Messer helped to found and grow […]
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Mansfield man arrested on drug charges after METRICH search yields cocaine, fentanyl
MANSFIELD — A 25-year-old Mansfield man was arrested Friday after the METRICH Enforcement Unit executed a drug-related search warrant at 336 Oxford Ave. Philip K. Moxley was charged with eight drug-related counts after officers seized 65 grams of suspected cocaine, four grams of suspected fentanyl and other drug-related evidence, according to Mansfield police Lt. Steve […]
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Richland County collects 105 pounds of medication in METRICH drug take-back event
MANSFIELD — The METRICH Enforcement Unit along with the Mansfield Division of Police, the Richland County Sheriff’s Office, the Shelby Police Department, Lexington Police Department, Community Action for Capable Youth (CACY), Richland County Solid Waste Authority, Richland Public Health, and the Richland County Mental Health & Recovery Services Board, participated in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s […]
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METRICH’s Bridge operation yields 3 arrests, drugs seized
MANSFIELD — Three felony arrests were made after a joint operation among Richland County authorities netted a confiscation of multiple drugs, according to a Friday afternoon press release from the METRICH Enforcement Unit. The operation included 108 traffic stops. In addition to three arrests, authorities seized 33.5 grams of crack, 16 grams of cocaine and […]