Sheriff’s office hauls in 27 alleged drug dealers

Staff Reports

SPRINGFIELD — More than two dozen alleged drug dealers throughout Clark County have been arrested this week in an operation the Clark County Sheriff’s Office is calling Fall Harvest.

During the last six months, the sheriff’s office identified 36 dealers through a series of undercover drug buys, according to a press release issued Thursday, Nov. 19.

Of the 36 people, 27 were found and jailed beginning Monday on charges that include sale and possession of cocaine, crack cocaine, sale and possession of heroin, marijuana, prescription drugs and cultivating marijuana.

Other agencies participating in the investigation and arrests include the Clark County Prosecutor’s Office, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, the U.S. Marshal’s Office and the Miami County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit.

The investigation will continue, according to the sheriff’s office.

Those arrested so far reportedly include Richard Robinson IV, Holden Lingrell, Dillon Abplanalp, Aaron Marlow, Charles Suver III, Dustin Pence, Clarissa Jones, Joey Powell, Robert Hawkins, Nora Scott, Christy Gibson, Bobby Massie, Joshua Elliott, Michael Shiverdecker, James Peterson, Ruce Wilson, Michael Famer, John Doe, Kimberly Sowards, Donald Melton II, Donald Melton III, William Green, Steven Parks, Alisa Line, Lisa Paxson, Damon Gilliam and Samuel McMahon.