9 Signs to Detect Drug Activity in Your Neighborhood
Stow police offer the following tips to help discern whether people are making, doing or dealing drugs in your neighborhood.
Methamphetamine
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Suspected Meth House Searched; 5 Children Removed From Home
Jason and Brandi Little were arrested Tuesday after a suspected meth lab was found by police in their Stow residence.
Updated Feb. 21, 10:13 p.m. Five children were taken in by Summit County Children’s Services on Feb. 19 after Stow police found them living with their parents in a suspected meth house. The parents, Jason Little, 37, and Brandi Little, 28, of Stow, were arrested, charged with multiple felonies and taken to Summit County Jail, according to Stow Police Chief Louis Dirker. The investigation was triggered Tuesday after police received a tip from a Lakeview Intermediate School employee that one of their 12-year-old students came to class smelling like chemicals, said Dirker. Anonymous Tip Launched Suspected Meth Lab Investigation, Not Chemical Odor Stow police, along with the Summit County Drug Unit, searched the child’s residence – located at …
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Suspected Meth Activity Leads to Arrest at Walmart
The following was obtained from Stow police reports dated Feb. 10. It does not indicate a conviction.
On Feb. 10, a Stow police officer grew suspicious after he spotted a shopper leaving Walmart with items known to be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. The officers stopped the man and was given permission to search his parked car and the passengers in it. The officer found a glass pipe belonging to one of the passengers -- a 32-year-old Barberton woman. She was charged with drug paraphenalia, a fourth-degree misdemeanor, and was issued a summons to appear in Stow Municipal Court. The shopper was not charged.
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James Thomas
8:22 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
JackderpspotterKelly, your actions prove you to be a coward and a bully. Posing as another poster really is as low as one can get. more ›
Friday, April 6, 2012
Demolition Begins on Condemned Meth House on Uniondale (Photos)
Stow Police and the city's building inspector boarded up a home at 2106 Uniondale Dr. in December because it was uninhabitable and being used, again, to manufacture methamphetamine.
The home on Uniondale Drive that was found to be the site of a methamphetamine lab twice is now being torn down by Dave Helmling Excavating. And it's apparently one of the worst homes the company has torn down ever. Dave Helmling told the Stow Sentry about 40 cubic yards of trash were taken out of the home on Tuesday. Stow Police first went to the home, at 2106 Uniondale Dr., in September after receiving an anonymous tip about possible illegal drug activity. Officers said they went to the home and witnessed the men making meth in the garage and arrested Stephen Gene McKinney, 41, and the homeowner Lewis Gene Butler, Jr., 39, for producing the drug with a 2-year-old child in the home in September. Police also found guns on the property. …
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Police Looking for Owner of Stow Meth House
The following information was supplied by the Stow Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Stow Police and the city's building inspector boarded up a home at 2106 Uniondale Dr. because it was uninhabitable and being used, again, to manufacture methamphetamine. Police are now searching for the homeowner: 39-year-old Lewis Gene Butler Jr. Butler was arrested at the Uniondale location in September for manufacturing methamphetamines in the garage while a 2-year-old child was in the house, according to Stow Police. Police are searching for Butler, who has previously been charged for manufacturing methamphetamines and there are warrants out for his arrest for illegal manufacturing of meth. Police got a call from a resident Tuesday morning who suspected the electrical power to the house was being illegally provided from another nearby…
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Amanda Harnocz
5:31 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2011
Hi Gail, I believe he is just shirtless, but even so ... my answer is, I don't know. I've asked officers before why people are dressed (or not dressed) a certain way. They always say, "we take them in like we find them." more ›
Monday, December 5, 2011
Meth Manufacturing Tools Found on Stow Street Corner
The following information was supplied by the Stow Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Some items suspected of being used to make methamphetamines were found on the corner of Elmwood Avenue and Sanford Avenue Nov. 30. Stow Police Det. Tom Gottas found three two-liter bottles in the street at the intersection just off of Darrow and Kent Roads. The bottles contained an unknown off-white substance with pieces of Lithium in it. The waste material was similar to what remains after making meth, according to the report. The Summit County Drug Unit Meth Response Team was called in to clean up the dump site and neutralize the waste material and dispose of it. There are no suspects at this time. Illegal manufacturing of drugs is a second-degree felony. For questions about this report, email Editor Amanda Harnocz.
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Melissa Bysura
4:24 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013
The article clearly stated the bottles were found in the street, not in a yard or a home.... relax. I understand your heightened sensitivity considering what's happening in your neighborhood but instead of attacking the messenger try attacking the problem. A Neighborhood Watch Committee might be in order. more ›
Thompson Fitzgerald
6:44 pm on Sunday, April 28, 2013
Thank god there wasn't a Meth Explosion in this house. What a poor decision for these adults to make. And yes, when you jeopardize your children's safety for your SCUMBAG addictions or to make money- you are not a good parent. I am glad they were such sweet and nice people, who cares. more ›