{"id":35607,"date":"2013-03-02T07:30:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T12:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=35607"},"modified":"2013-03-02T07:30:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T12:30:57","slug":"mercer-county-makes-drug-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/03\/02\/mercer-county-makes-drug-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercer County makes drug arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Mercer County Sheriff\u2019s Office news<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CELINA &#8212; Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey announced the indictment and arrest of seven people on drug trafficking charges.\u00a0All charges result from an investigation by the Grand Lake Task Force, a combined effort of law enforcement agencies in Mercer and Auglaize counties.<\/p>\n<p>The Celina Police Department assisted the Sheriff\u2019s Office and the task force with the apprehensions.<\/p>\n<p>Those arrested include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spencer Kouts, 21, c\/o Mercer County Adult Detention Facility, three counts of offenses involving counterfeit controlled substances, all fifth-degree felony offenses; one fourth-degree count of offenses involving a controlled substance; two counts of offenses involving unapproved drugs, both felonies of the fourth degree; and one count of unlawful possession of a dangerous ordnance, a felony of the fifth degree.<\/li>\n<li>Zachary Sams, 23, c\/o Mercer County Adult Detention Facility, one count of trafficking in heroin, a felony of the fifth degree, and one count of possession of heroin, also a felony of the fifth degree.\u00a0Sams was served while in Jail on February 22.<\/li>\n<li>Danny M. Griffith, 40, of Celina, two counts of offenses involving unapproved drugs, both felonies of the fourth degree; two counts of offenses Involving unapproved drugs, both felonies of the fifth degree; one count of trafficking in drugs (Alprazolam, Schedule IV Drug), a felony of the fourth degree; and one count of trafficking in drugs (Alprazolam, Schedule IV Drug), a felony of the fifth degree.<\/li>\n<li>Beth Griffith, 36, of Celina, two counts of offenses Involving unapproved drugs, both felonies of the fourth degree; and one count of trafficking in drugs (Alprazolam, Schedule IV Drug), a felony of the fourth degree.<\/li>\n<li>Alan Bricher, 30, of Coldwater, one count of aggravated trafficking in drugs (Psiocyn, Schedule I Drug), a felony of the third degree and two counts of trafficking in marijuana, both felonies of the fourth degree.<\/li>\n<li>Bradley Fischer, 19, of Celina, three counts of trafficking in marijuana, all felonies of the fifth degree.<\/li>\n<li>Jessica Siefring, 22, of Celina, three counts of trafficking in marijuana, all felonies of fifth degree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercer County Sheriff\u2019s Office news CELINA &#8212; Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey announced the indictment and arrest of seven people on drug trafficking charges.\u00a0All charges result from an investigation by the Grand Lake Task Force, a combined effort of law enforcement agencies in Mercer and Auglaize counties. The Celina Police Department assisted the Sheriff\u2019s Office [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 16:59:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}