Our newsroom phones rang a short time ago .. first from local police . .then from the Summit County Sheriff's Office . .and then from a source of mine in law enforcement.
All three were asking, "where are you?" Seems they're having a press conference to announce major arrests in a local drug cartel but the agency everyone thought was notifying the press didn't do it. So, not only weren't we there, no other media agencies were either. Just cops, U.S. Attorneys, a podium, and a lot of empty seats.
My source tells me the indictments involve a family that's been supplying cocaine to the area for more than a decade and that 30 kilos were seized during the most recent raids. The "kingpins" they were after have been elusive for years, but thanks to some wiretaps and other surveillance, the good guys finally have enough info to arrest the bad guys. Eleven indictments in all, and nine of those suspects are in custody already. The operation was being run in Akron.
Still, it begs the question .. if community leaders hold a press conference and there's no press there to see it, did it really happen?
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Good work by the cops....hope the prosecutors office doesn't screw this one up too.
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