08/15/2024
DRUG TRAFFICKING SUSPECT ARRESTED:
On May 20, 2024, LCNA Agents, along with Mentor Police Department and Lake County Sheriff's Office Sheriff Frank Leonbruno Detectives observed suspected drug activity in a business parking lot. Patrol officers attempted to stop a suspect car but the driver fled at high rates of speed and the pursuit was terminated for safety reasons.
LCNA agents identified the suspect and obtained an arrest warrant for drug trafficking. Agents referred the warrant to the US Marshal's Service Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force, and on July 27, 2024, task force members located the suspect in the City of Euclid. He was arrested, and large amounts of suspected fentanyl and co***ne were recovered, along with a loaded handgun.
The suspect was transported to the Lake County Jail and additional charges related to this case will be pursued. The narcotics agency has one agent assigned to the violent fugitive task force, and this investigation is an example of the incredible work they do in taking the most dangerous offenders off the streets on a daily basis.