Akron Poison Pipeline: 3 Face Long Stretches

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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 April 2025 and February 2026.

The operation’s nerve center appeared to be House, who cleverly used his trucking firm, House Brothers Trucking, to move and hide the product. Medina County deputies first caught a whiff when they pulled House over on I-71. A search of his Peterbilt rig revealed a hidden compartment overflowing with 8 kilos of cocaine and $144,000 in cash – that was just the beginning. A follow-up raid on a storage unit rented by Wahid turned up a stash of 25 kilos of meth, 1 kilo of coke, and 5 kilos of fentanyl.

Investigators then hit Wahid again, scoring even more drugs and another $84,000 in cash during a second traffic stop. Wimberly, allegedly handling the street-level distribution, wasn’t playing by the rules either. A raid on his home revealed 2 kilos of meth, a pile of fentanyl pills, and what the feds described as “an arsenal” of firearms.

All three are charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine. House also faces a cocaine possession charge. Wahid’s facing the heaviest haul: distribution of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute meth, fentanyl, cocaine, *and* heroin, plus a felony firearm charge. This isn’t his first rodeo, either – Wahid has a 1996 conviction for cocaine-related crimes. Expect these guys to be trading commissary for a long, long time.