AKRON
Drug dealers sentenced
AKRON: Two Akron men have been sentenced to prison for selling fentanyl.
U.S. District Court Judge John Adams sentenced Brian L. Williams, 54, to 15 years in prison Monday. The judge sentenced Terrance L. Ford, 50, to 10 years in prison Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“Drug dealers such as these are responsible for the wave of death that has plagued our state over the past few years,” acting U.S. Attorney David Sierleja said.
Detectives from the Akron Police Department’s Narcotics Unit and DEA agents searched the home of Williams and Ford on July 27 and found more than 100 grams of a substance containing fentanyl and several fentanyl patches, according to court documents.
Neither man was tied to an overdose or overdose death, said Mike Tobin, a spokesman from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Fentanyl is a powerful painkiller often mixed with heroin.
People taking heroin may not know if they are using heroin, fentanyl or a combination.
Safety training for Ward 8
Akron: Councilwoman Marilyn Keith will host Ward 8 residents Wednesday
at 6:30 p.m. at the Northwest Family Recreation Center, 1730 Shatto Ave.
Aaron Brown, an Akron police officer in the Neighborhood Response Team, will give a presentation of the Run, Hide, Fight training program taught in schools and workplaces in Akron.
The proactive training prepares individuals on threats by aggressive intruders or active shooters.
Northwest Block Watches will meet at 6 p.m.
Anyone interested in starting a Neighborhood Block Watch is encouraged to attend.
Bike Akron on Earth Day
AKRON: Ward 1 Councilman Rich Swirsky will host a community meeting and bike ride Saturday in conjunction with other Earth Day activities sponsored by the Cascade Locks Park Association, Highland Square Neighborhood Association, West Hill Neighborhood Organization, Hereford Highland Block Watch Association, Blimp City Bike and Hike, Adcon Engineering and the Ohio & Erie Canalway Association.
Residents will meet at 10:30 a.m. at the cul-de-sac behind the Highland Square Library, 807 W. Market St., to hear about “Aqueduct Street: Complete, Livable and Green Project” and other green infrastructure plans related to the citywide sewer and storm water project.
Residents will then bike to the Mustill Store, where they can enjoy music, refreshments and hop on a trolley to tour Akron’s Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel.
CUYAHOGA FALLS
Teacher on unpaid leave
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The city school district has placed an art teacher on unpaid leave after discovering she was missing school because she was in jail, the Cuyahoga Falls News-Press reported.
Kerry L. Conti is serving time in the Glenwood Jail for violating probation after an alcohol-related traffic stop in May 2016, the newspaper said.
STREETSBORO
Motorcycle crash kills man
STREETSBORO: A Ravenna man was killed Sunday morning in a motorcycle crash on state Route 303 near Diagonal Road.
David Freshour, 68, of Ravenna, failed to negotiate a curve while traveling eastbound at 10:29 a.m. on a 2009 Harley-Davidson, went off the right side of the roadway and struck a guardrail, city police said. Route 303 was closed for several hours.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Sobriety checkpoints set
The Summit County OVI Task Force announced it will conduct sobriety checkpoints Friday and Saturday morning across Summit County.
The group does not announce the location of the checkpoints in advance.