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2 charged with sale of heroin at KSU: Arrests made after month-long probe

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Dave O'Brien
November 3, 2009

 

 

By Dave O’Brien

Record-Courier staff writer

Following a month-long investigation in which undercover agents bought heroin from a Streetsboro man, the Portage County Drug Task Force arrested that man and an accomplice during an operation on the Kent State University campus. 

James M. Anderson, 21, of 6233 Stone Road, was arrested Monday at Hilltop Drive and South Lincoln Street in Kent. He was charged with one count of trafficking in drugs, a fifth-degree felony, after selling approximately one gram of heroin to undercover agents. 

Also arrested in the same incident was Melissa J. Botts, 20, of Hudson. She was charged with complicity to trafficking in drugs, also a fifth-degree felony. 

The heroin has an approximate street value of $200, according to Portage County Sheriff David Doak. An undisclosed amount of cash also was seized during the incident. 

Anderson and Botts were taken to the Portage County jail awaiting arraignment. Additional charges are pending, Doak said. 

Anderson also was arrested and convicted on drug trafficking charges in 2006 and currently is on probation, according to court records. No prior arrests for Botts could be found in Portage County or Summit County online court records. 

The task force, which was assisted Monday by additional deputies of the Portage County Sheriff’s Office, is comprised of agents from the sheriff’s office, the Aurora, Garrettsville, Kent, Ravenna and Streetsboro police departments and the Portage County Prosecutor’s Office. 

 




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    Posted by billshane342 November 3, 2009
Hey Daddy.
I see YOU are still doing KSU PD's Work for them.

I always appreciated your work UP ON THE HILL.
Thank you.

Heroin on campus? Now that is some nasty sheeet.

3.
    Posted by billshane342 November 3, 2009
Hey 24a, why you yelling son. Take her easy. Always will be dope in the halad halls of KSU.

Plenty of action for all the dope agents to enjoy.

Yes, KSU needs a drug agent in task force. They had one for 10 yrs. Why use their manpower if Doak's rangers will do it for free?
But like you said, it would be better if KSUPD was in the task force. Then they'd have no surprises when the bad stuff goes down.
Totally up to Chief Peach. On his big shoulders.

2.
    Posted by the24aboyz November 3, 2009
WHY ISNT KENT STATE APART OF THE DRUG TASK FORCE? MAKES NO SENCE TO ME!!! THEY HAVE 30.000 STUDENTS AND LOTS OF DRUGS BUT NO TYPE OF DRUG ENFORCEMENT
BESIDES THE KSU P.D.
ONCE SOMEONE DIES DO TO A DRUG OVERDOSE. YOU WILL SEE THE CHIEF JOIN THE TASK FORCE. IT SHOULDNT HAVE TO COME TO THAT POINT..

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    Posted by the24aboyz November 3, 2009
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