Several Tiffin residents were among those arrested last week during a multi-agency enforcement effort in Seneca and Sandusky counties.
Detective Chuck Boyer, unit coordinator of the Seneca County Drug Task Force METRICH Enforcement Unit, said the arrests were made Thursday after a Seneca County grand jury handed down 22 indictments. Many of those indicted remain at large.
Those arrested Thursday include John R. Smith Sr., 41, of Tiffin, three counts of trafficking in cocaine, one count of complicity to trafficking in cocaine, one count of aggravated trafficking in drugs, possession of cocaine and one count of aggravated possession of drugs; Jade L. Carter, 19, of Tiffin, aggravated trafficking in drugs; Carl V. Gott Jr., 38, of Fostoria, three counts of complicity to trafficking in cocaine and two counts of trafficking in cocaine; Steffen R. Yarris, 28, of Findlay, trafficking in heroin; Kendra M. Rochester, 25, of Tiffin, two counts of trafficking in drugs and one count of complicity to aggravated trafficking in drugs; Scott E. Nye, 34, of Tiffin, trespassing and felonious assault; Cassaundra M. Hook, 27, of Tiffin, trafficking in cocaine; and Brianne C. Bollinger, 24, of Fostoria, two counts of trafficking in cocaine.
Boyer said John M. Fonseca-Beck, 22, of Tiffin, turned himself in to law enforcement Monday. He faces three counts of trafficking in drugs, one count of aggravated possession of drugs and one count of trafficking in marijuana.
The two-day enforcement effort, which targeted high crime, OVI and traffic problem areas in Seneca and Sandusky counties, was led by the State Highway Patrol. It ended Friday and resulted in 210 arrests.
