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Undercover drug busts: Arrests made in Ravenna Twp., Brimfield, officers confiscate heroin, crack cocaine

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Diane Smith
December 9, 2009
CROP option 2 Several people were handcuffed with the Ravenna Drug Task Force in the Circle K parking lot on Main Street in Ravenna Township on Tuesday evening, December 8, 2009.
Photo By Steph KrellCROP option 2 Several people were handcuffed with the Ravenna Drug Task Force in the Circle K parking lot on Main Street in Ravenna Township on Tuesday evening, December 8, 2009.

By Diane Smith
Record-Courier staff writer
The Portage County Drug Task force arrested two people after two separate incidents of drugs being sold to undercover agents, one in Brimfield, one in Ravenna Township, Sheriff David Doak said.
Arrested were Tina Cottrell, 44, of 171 Cedar Ave., Ravenna, and Lewis Askew, 41, of Barberton.
Cottrell allegedly sold bindles of heroin valued at $200 to agents at a business on S.R. 59 in Ravenna Township.She was charged with trafficking in heroin, a fifth-degree felony. Additional charges are pending.
During the arrest, officers recovered additional heroin, hypodermic needles, and drug paraphernalia. She already was on probation for a drug trafficking charge.
Askew allegedly sold more than seven grams of crack cocaine to undercover agents at a business in the 4200 block of S.R. 43, Brimfield. The drugs had a street value of $500.
He was charged with trafficking in cocaine, a third-degree felony, and possession of criminal tools. If convicted of the charges, he faces up to five and a half years in prison, Doak said.




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    Posted by TED4PRES January 17, 2010
Over manned? Brimfield? All they need is Sgt. Matt. Ever hear the name Trimbull, is spelled right. Yeah she must have had a bad day with Sgt. Matt!!

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    Posted by mistressdiva1@yahoo.com December 14, 2009
GREAT JOB DTF!!! We need to keep going and eventually remove all of these kids of people off of the streets! the best life for these people is behind bars. Commit the crime do the time.

13.
    Posted by Appraisit December 10, 2009
Yeah, I think Sunnybrook has had a few of his own issues with the BPD...I have found them to be very professsional in my dealings over the 25+ years I've lived here ...perhaps it depends on which side of the law you live ?

12.
    Posted by The Good Gary December 10, 2009
Finally! A story that mentions Ravenna!

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    Posted by YankieBlue December 9, 2009
Seems to be lots of Heroin and coke for sale.
Doesn't heroin come from Afghanistan?

Hey Obama, how about you have the US government stop those big poppy fields in Afghanistan, since you are sending 30k troops over there anyway?

GREAT JOB DADDY...

Nice to see you guys are still working Brimfield, even if they are NOT in the Task force.
Go where the dope is I suppose.



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    Posted by I_laff_at_everyone December 9, 2009
was she selling drugs AT the circle k or in the parking lot?

9.
    Posted by mrm4814 December 9, 2009
Wow. I've never had a problem with the way the Brimfield cops treated me.

But I guess I never gave them a reason to pull me over, either.

Huh.

8.
    Posted by vman December 9, 2009
Sunnybrook hit the nail on the head.

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    Posted by Portage December 9, 2009
I Wonder if they drove high on those drugs, hit and nearly killed someone walking on the side of the street, if their sentences would be reduced? see previous article. still bitter.

6.
    Posted by Truthtalk December 9, 2009
Sunnybrook....Brimfield is OVERMANNED??

WOW...you must not read the paper and watch the news about all of Brimfield PD's arrests.

Had a run-in with Brimfield's finest?

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