Friday, August 24, 2012
Case set for Oct. 15 in Common Pleas Court
A trial has been set for the owners of Twilight Boutique, who face felony drug charges after a police raid at their former business March 2. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Joan Synenberg has set a trial for Oct. 15 for Sean and Sherry Lightner of Columbia Station, both 36 and the husband-wife owners of the business, and for Shane Spohn, 26, an employee who lives in Parma Heights. All three face felony drug trafficking charges. Police say the 586 packs of "herbal incense" -- sold under names like K2 and Spice -- that were confiscated in the raid contained illegal chemicals. They are all three free on bond. But Scott Lucas, attorney for Sean Lightner, said the court has yet to rule on a motion to dismiss the charges based on "…
Sunday, July 29, 2012
National raid follows one in March in Strongsville
More than 90 people were arrested and more than five million packets of finished designer synthetic drugs were seized in the first-ever nationwide law enforcement action against the synthetic designer drug industry, the DEA announced this week. More than $36 million in cash was also seized. Strongsville was not part of the raid, but synthetic drugs have been an issue here. In March, police raided the Twilight Boutique on Prospect Road, confiscating hundreds of alleged synthetic drugs marketed as bath salts, Spice, incense or plant food. The store moved to Parma in June. The owners still face felony charges. Here are excerpts from the DEA's news release: As of today, more than 4.8 million packets of synthetic cannabinoids (ex. K2, Spice) …
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Confiscated K2 tested positive for banned chemicals
The owners of Twilight Boutique on Prospect Road have been charged with aggravated trafficking in drugs after tests on K2-type products they were selling showed they contain illegal chemicals. The 586 packs of "herbal incense" -- sold under names like K2 and Spice -- were confiscated in a police raid March 2. Linndale Sgt. Tim Franczak, whose department spearheaded the raid, said store owners Sean and Sherry Lightner each posted $50,000 cash bonds Tuesday and were released from custody. They are each charged with a first-degree felony for selling products that contain an analog of the five chemicals banned by the DEA last year. The products are marketed as herbal incense, but kids and young adults roll the vegetable matter -- which is …
Monday, May 9, 2011
Police, DEA can't keep up with new chemicals in knockoff products for a 'legal high'
In March, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration outlawed five chemicals found in so-called "fake pot" -- vegetable matter sold as incense or potpourri that people smoke to get what they were calling a "legal high." Products like K2 and Spice were pulled from the shelves of stores that didn't want to get in trouble with the police. But the shelves weren't empty long. New products, like K3, quickly took their place -- different chemicals, same story. "When the DEA banned those five chemicals, the people who make this stuff were already geared up to replace it," Police Chief Charles Goss said. "They never missed a beat in having new stock ready." Some teens and young adults embrace products like K2, which is marketed as herbal incense and …
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Take a peek at the stories making headlines today
Police Enforcing New Law on 'Synthetic Marijuana' Mayor Dennis Clough Says State of the City Is Stable and Developing Residents, Council Talk Flooding and Sewer Issues Woodridge Schools to Take Levy Off May Ballot Viewfinder: Epiphany Arts Festival
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Smokeable products marketed at 'herbal incense' are now illegal
The so-called "synthetic marijuana" products that produce a high when smoked have been outlawed by the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Strongsville police are cracking down on local shops that sell the items. Up till recently, it has been legal to purchase products like Spice and K2, which are often marketed as "herbal incense." But Police Chief Charles Goss said the DEA put out an order March 1 that makes the items Schedule I narcotics, in the same league as heroin. "Kids buy it and smoke it -- it's supposed to give them a high like marijuana," Goss said. But what actually produces the high, Goss said, isn't the vegetable matter they are rolling into cigarettes, but chemicals the plants are treated with. Those five chemicals have now…
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jane
10:46 pm on Saturday, May 4, 2013
It started in lindale bc the guy that was charged with them got pulled over in a "company vehicle" in lindale then the husband sent his wife to go pick the guy up instead of going himself so he could avoid trouble instead of maning up and dealing with it he tried to put it all on his wife more ›