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By Beacon Journal staff
POSTED: 09:04 a.m. EST, Nov 18, 2009
After a two-month investigation, police said they busted a suspected drug ring in West Akron when they executed a search warrant Tuesday.
Authorities recovered 70 bags of heroin, $240 in cash, and records and documents pertaining to drug trafficking in the 700 block of West Market Street.
JoAnn Colbert, 56, and Ivan Richardson, 59, both of West Market Street, were arrested and charged with drug abuse and drug trafficking. They were booked into the Summit County Jail.
After a two-month investigation, police said they busted a suspected drug ring in West Akron when they executed a search warrant Tuesday.
Authorities recovered 70 bags of heroin, $240 in cash, and records and documents pertaining to drug trafficking in the 700 block of West Market Street.
JoAnn Colbert, 56, and Ivan Richardson, 59, both of West Market Street, were arrested and charged with drug abuse and drug trafficking. They were booked into the Summit County Jail.
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Posted 09:13 AM, 11/18/2009
good job APD heroin is getting huge in Akron again...keep a lid on it
Akron, Oh
Posted 09:23 AM, 11/18/2009
WoW.. still sellin' dope at 60..
this is how we Roll...
Akron, Oh
Posted 09:27 AM, 11/18/2009
Wow that's alot of bags of Heroin. Only $340 in cash. Must have gotten to them before they sold any.
Waponi , Wu
Posted 10:16 AM, 11/18/2009
I picked a lousy week to stop sniffing glue!
Akron, Oh
Posted 10:27 AM, 11/18/2009
That is what people with no jobs,no money,no help from the Goverment.Hell they will sell their Kids,rob their Brother,Mother,Grand Mother,and Kill each other.And then we look at the APD and want them to fix this mess,God Bless every one of them,they are on the battle field and no end in site.
Kent, Oh
Posted 10:35 AM, 11/18/2009
Hey Arfwoof, and I picked the wrong week to stop taking amphetemines.
akron, oh
Posted 10:49 AM, 11/18/2009
Does anyone remember the nun at "Our Lady of the Elms" that was busted dealing smack, at the end of the 60s? West Akron seems to continue having dope problems.
Posted 11:22 AM, 11/18/2009
Daves not here Man !!!!
Posted 11:26 AM, 11/18/2009
Bend and Scoop, boy... Bend and scoop. Start with those strawberries and work your way up to those GD Bananas !!!
Posted 11:34 AM, 11/18/2009
Daves not here man!!!!
Akron, OH
Posted 11:39 AM, 11/18/2009
Heroin, and not meth? How retro!!
C-town, Oh
Posted 12:31 PM, 11/18/2009
West Akron, buwahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Medina, OH
Posted 02:04 PM, 11/18/2009
You ever been to a Turkish prison?
akron, oh
Posted 02:25 PM, 11/18/2009
Good work APD now how about catching rapist, murders and thieves who actually hurt people!! all those heroin addicts will be raging and running wild in the streets in withdrawl so god help us all!
Kent, Oh
Posted 03:08 PM, 11/18/2009
Was it good heroin? What a waste.
Wadsworth, OH
Posted 03:10 PM, 11/18/2009
Surely you can't be serious.
Wooster, Oh
Posted 03:10 PM, 11/18/2009
Seventy bags; very impressive. I wonder how big the bags are?
akron, oh
Posted 03:32 PM, 11/18/2009
@Mcneeky: I'm laughing so hard at that. "Have you ever seen a grown man naked?"
Akron, OH
Posted 04:17 PM, 11/18/2009
is this highland square area??
C-town, Oh
Posted 04:30 PM, 11/18/2009
@ Cait, it's very close to the Highland Square area. Very 'West Akron'.
akron, oh
Posted 05:18 PM, 11/18/2009
Good job Akron Police. Could you cruise by the house across the street from me on a Friday night. The crowd sits around and drinks for hours and then they all get in their cars and drive off after their smashed. I guess they never heard the slogan , Don't Drink and Drive.
akron, oh
Posted 06:25 PM, 11/18/2009
In the words of WAR.."If you want to ride ...don't ride the white horse...
akron, oh
Posted 06:27 PM, 11/18/2009
Hae you ever seen a grown man naked?
clinton, oh
Posted 07:06 PM, 11/18/2009
Roger, Roger. What's the vector Victor? Check the clearance Clarence. Over.
Akron, OH
Posted 07:59 PM, 11/18/2009
the 700 block is that fun area near the cash for gold @ merriman and market, right before highland square proper. having lived near city hospital for 13 years, pretty much all neighborhoods on the west side of main look decent to me.
Posted 08:23 PM, 11/18/2009
I hear you redxblack. I live by City Hospital too. I was at a party a couple weeks ago on the west side, and left around midnight. I was walking out with a few people and mentioned how quiet it was, and everyone laughed like i was trying to make a funny comment. I wasn't.
Posted 01:00 AM, 11/19/2009
"Good work APD now how about catching rapist, murders and thieves who actually hurt people!! all those heroin addicts will be raging and running wild in the streets in withdrawl so god help us all!"
Yes ALLENJ heroin addicts never hurt anybody, they are productive members of society who work hard for every dollar they spend on smack...i d i o t
mayberry, oh
Posted 06:30 AM, 11/19/2009
if obamma would give everyone a hd flat tv,cell phone,new 20 inch rims &tires, ect, they wouldnt have to sell drugs!
even castro gave his people rice cookers
Posted 08:45 AM, 11/19/2009
Oh what a nice Neighborhood,it should not happen here,whats wrong with us White people
cuyahoga falls, oh
Posted 09:31 AM, 11/19/2009
@J - you're kidding, right? What do you think the drug addicts do when the run out money for the dope? Do you think they go, "Aw shucks, gotta wait for my next paycheck before I get some drugs?"
Especially w/heroin, that's a serious drug that has an enormously powerful addiction where people do anything to get a "fix". This isn't some hippie smokin pot on the street corner, this is a BIG time drug ring that causes many other crimes.
Well Done APD!! Maybe if your force was getting added to rather then reduced, you could catch more of these criminals.
cuyahoga falls, oh
Posted 09:32 AM, 11/19/2009
sorry, I meant to refer to @AllenJ
Posted 09:58 AM, 11/19/2009
I hear ya BigM , you are right on the money
akron, oh
Posted 11:31 AM, 11/19/2009
Socialist...Those kind of comments just show your lack of brain matter.
Just hope your Daughter's first born don't have any carmel in the mix.
Highland Square, OH
Posted 11:34 AM, 11/19/2009
Woo hoo APD. That area isn't that dangerous all. I'm glad to see that they are keepin' it clean.
That's the reason I moved here instead of brown st. I'd give the football stadium and increased enrollment at UA five more years before I'd move to the area south of campus. Don't get me wrong though, soon enough it will rebound..it's just got a long way to go.
Norka, Oh
Posted 11:39 AM, 11/19/2009
Oh stewardess, I speak jive.....
Medina, OH
Posted 12:32 PM, 11/19/2009
It's got wheels...and curtains...it looks like a big Tylenol
munroe falls, oh
Posted 01:02 PM, 11/19/2009
I want to tell you both "goodluck" we are all counting on you.....
Akron, Oh
Posted 02:58 PM, 11/19/2009
I know that individual comments are sometimes removed if deemed abusive, but is any person ever banned from making future comments?
akron, oh
Posted 06:06 PM, 11/19/2009
@HUNTR: That comment sounded racial. Is that your intent?
Akron, oh
Posted 07:57 PM, 11/19/2009
The crooks had Obama shirts on
Purefect Sp'cool8ion, OH
Posted 07:39 AM, 11/20/2009
A lot of racist hate directing at white people. Jealously, tsk tsk. lol
Posted 09:42 AM, 11/20/2009
someone call Warner Mendenhall
akron, oh
Posted 01:34 AM, 11/23/2009
A Lie Detector you sure they were not bush shirts because bush was clearly the robbery ring leader!
akron, oh
Posted 01:38 AM, 11/23/2009
A if obama gave everybody 20 inch rims and flat screen tv half of you guys wife would not be with you!LOL!
