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Springfield, Ohio — Guns, cash and drugs were seized when local law enforcement officials arrested a fugitive on East Pleasant Street Friday morning, May 9.

Frank Latham, 19, of 1612 Neilson Place, Cincinnati, had warrants for drug trafficking and carrying a concealed weapon out of Hamilton County, said Joshua Hillard, deputy U.S. Marshal.

Law enforcement officials found Latham at a home in the 700 block of East Pleasant Street Friday morning.

"He was upstairs laying on a mattress, pretending to be asleep," said Hillard.

When officials searched the home, they found two handguns, $954 and a small amount of marijuana, he said.

Springfield police charged Latham with having weapons under disability and he was placed in the Clark County Jail, Hillard said.

Friday's arrest was part of an investigation headed by S/O/F/A/S/T/, or the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team, a multi-jurisdictional task force partnered by the U.S. Marshal's Office, the Springfield Police Division and the Clark County Sheriff's Office.

Contact this reporter at (937) 328-0360 or vlough@coxohio.com.

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