Two people have been charged in connection with prostitution and drug charges out of Portage County.

The Beacon Journal reports 35-year old Lisa Carneal and 59-year old Richard Roberts were arrested by members of the Portage County Drug Task Force Thursday in Paris Township.

Authorities say Carneal moved from Akron and was charged with soliciting and possession of heroin. Task force members learned she allegedly solicited herself on the internet in the Newton Falls, Ravenna, and Youngstown area and conducted a sting operation.

Roberts is facing charges of promoting prostitution and permitting drug abuse.

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Carlos Arredondo, the Boston Hero in the Cowboy Hat, talks to Ray about jumping into action when the bombs went off and the others who helped save lives. 

Dr. Steven Hook, professor and chair of the political science department at Kent State University talks about the Boston bombings and the differences between domestic and international terrorism. 

The Director of Pharmacy Services for Akron General, Randy Fasnacht talks with Ray about safely storing and using prescription drugs.

Bill Holland from the Summit County Sheriff's Department talks to Ray about the Boston Bombings and gives insight into the investigation taking place.

Dr. Nicholas Jouriles - chairman of Emergency Medicine for Akron General talks to Ray about how hospitals handle disaster situations like what happened in Boston. 

Patti Cleary, Superintendent of Barberton Schools, talks with Ray about their upcoming school levy and what would happen if it doesn't pass.

Ravenna police say the search of a home on South Scranton Street resulted in drugs and drug paraphenalia being found, and arrests being made.

Police were accompanied by federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Task Force agents from Youngstown in executing a search warrant at the home on 215 South Scranton Street at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

Officers say they found what's believed to be heroin and drug paraphenalia in the home, and the items found were seized.

They aren't yet identifying who was arrested, since the investigation is ongoing.

Alliance police arrested a 29-year-old mother after her daughter took her drugs and hid it in a school locker.

The 13-year-old girl told police she hid her mother's marijuana and rolling papers inside her locker at school to prevent her mother, Jessica R. Dewell, from using the drugs.

"When officers spoke to the student, she said she had actually taken them from home. Her mother promised her she wouldn't use drugs anymore," said Lt. John Jenkins.

Officers contacted Dewell and found drug paraphernalia in the house after she agreed to let police search her home. 

She has been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and child endangering. 

North Canton police say an uncooperative shoplifter at a supermarket pulled out a knife while officers were on the way, and threatened at least one store employee.

It happened at the Giant Eagle on Maple Street at just after 4 PM on Saturday.

While police were responding, they say 21 year-old Ronald Keen III of Canton pulled out a pocket knife, then ran through the parking lot.

Police caught up with Keen a short time later in a nearby yard.

He was taken to Mercy Medical Center for treatment after complaining of minor injuries...but he picked up  a new felony charge - possession of heroin - after an inventory of his property.

That'll be added to a felony aggravated robbery charge.

Police say two other males were spotted coming into the store with Keen. Their involvement in the incident is under investigation.

A 32-year old Barberton man is facing charges after police say they found him in a Cuyahoga Falls hotel room with drugs and teens.

Glenn Lambert was arrested on numerous drug charges after police were called to the Economy Inn on Graham Road in Cuyahoga Falls around 9p.m. Wednesday night according to News Channel 5.

Cuyahoga Falls police say Lambert, along with two 17-year-old girls, 15-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man were in the hotel room. Officers then found marijuana and supplies used to manufacture methamphetamines.

 Police say there were no signs of meth being made inside the room. Two of the teens were charged with drug-related offenses and released to their guardian.

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Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced today that late yesterday a jury found Danny Hamby, 31, and Bunny Lanik, 30, both of Manning Avenue in Akron, guilty on several charges stemming from an Akron meth lab bust earlier this year

Danny Hamby was convicted of:

Two counts of Illegal Manufacturing of Drugs, second-degree felonies

Two counts of Illegal Assembly or Possession of Chemicals for the Manufacture of Drugs, third-degree felonies

Bunny Lanik was convicted of:

Aggravated Possession of Drugs, a fifth-degree felony

Endangering Children, a third-degree felony

Illegal Manufacturing of drugs, a second-degree felony

Illegal Assembly or Possession of Chemicals for the Manufacture of Drugs, a third-degree felony

The Akron Police Department was watching Lanik’s home on February 22 after receiving complaints from neighbors of drug activity on the property and complaints from relatives of the children living there who were concerned about the family’s living conditions. Early that evening an officer observed and recorded Hamby and another man leave the house. Officers followed them, noticed a broken side-view mirror on their car and stopped them for a traffic violation. The driver consented to a search of the car after one of the officers detected a strong ammonia odor, which is consistent with methamphetamine. Officers found a bag containing a by-product and trash from manufacturing meth underneath the front passenger seat.

Officers then returned to the house and were allowed in by Lanik, who denied that Richard Costoff, who was known to also live at the house, was in the house at that time. Officers searched the property and discovered him in the basement. Costoff admitted to making meth and giving Hamby the bag of trash and by-product found in the car with him.

Costoff pleaded guilty to Aggravated Possession of Drugs, two counts of Endangering Children, Illegal Manufacturing of Drugs and Illegal Assembly or Possession of Chemicals for the Manufacture of Drugs in June. Judge Patricia Cosgrove sentenced Costoff to five years in prison.

Visiting Judge Ted Schneiderman will sentence Hamby and Lanik on Monday, November 7 at 9:00 a.m.