Tag: Akron
Clarence Daniels, Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Ohio 2026
⏱ 2 min read A large-scale methamphetamine trafficking operation spanning Northeast Ohio and Pennsylvania has been dismantled, with 15 individuals charged for their roles in the conspiracy. The operation, which obtained meth from suppliers in Akron and the US-Mexico border, distributed over 100 pounds of the drug to customers in the region. The charges are…
Brandon Dolly, Receiving, Possessing, Distributing Child Abuse Materials, Ohio 2025
⏱ 2 min read Brandon Dolly, a 23-year-old from Akron, Ohio, was sentenced to over 12 years in prison for his role in a child pornography ring. In January 2025, FBI agents launched an investigation into social media accounts suspected of trading child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), which led them to Dolly. A search warrant…
Darren Tibbets, Heroin and Fentanyl Distribution, Ohio 2025
⏱ 2 min read Darren Tibbets, a 32-year-old Akron man, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for distributing heroin and fentanyl in Akron, Ohio. Tibbets was out on parole when he committed the crimes, which occurred in 2025. Federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) began investigating suspected…
Robert Parham, Drug Trafficking, Ohio 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 55-year-old Akron man, Robert Parham, has been sentenced to 20.5 years in prison for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking operation in Akron, Ohio. The investigation, which began in late 2023, uncovered a massive stash of illicit substances, including methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl, as well as 28 firearms and…
Daniel Dobies, Child Sexual Abuse, Ohio 2026
⏱ 2 min read Daniel Dobies, a 57-year-old previously convicted sex offender from Canton, Ohio, has been sentenced to 32.5 years in prison for child sexual abuse offenses. In February, Dobies pleaded guilty to receipt and distribution of visual depictions of real minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possession of child pornography, or Child…
Antonio Guice, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Ohio 2025
⏱ 2 min read Akron’s streets just got a little safer, but the pain of addiction will linger for those who suffered under the grip of methamphetamine kingpin Antonio Guice. Guice, 42, was sentenced to 327 months (27.25 years) in federal prison for his role in a massive conspiracy to peddle the deadly dope throughout…
Robert L. Smith, Pill Mill Operation, Akron OH, 2023
Learn about the sentencing of three men involved in a case of forged prescriptions and illicit pill trafficking in Akron. Detailed account of the indictment and pleas.
Erin House, Cocaine Distribution, Ohio 2024
⏱ 3 min read Akron’s streets just got a little less flooded. Erin House, 53, Ishmael Wahid, 52, and Roy Wimberly, 50, are staring down the barrel of federal time after a months-long investigation exposed a Northeast Ohio drug pipeline. The bust went down after a routine traffic stop on I-71 in Medina County on…
Erin House, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Ohio 2025
⏱ 3 min read Akron streets ran hot with poison for nearly a year, and now three men are looking at serious time. Erin House, 53, Ishmael Wahid, 52, and Roy Wimberly, 50, are facing federal sentences after authorities busted a large-scale drug ring funneling meth, fentanyl, and cocaine throughout Summit County and beyond, between…
