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Tiffin man charged with 10 counts of drug trafficking stemming from May raid
TIFFIN, OH — A Tiffin man who was arrested during a raid on Willow Creek Apartments back in May has been charged.
On Tuesday, May 14 2019, the Seneca County Drug Task Force-METRICH Enforcement Unit, along with additional Deputies, Officers/Detectives from the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office and the Tiffin Police Department, executed a drug related search warrant on an apartment located at Willow Creek Apartments, 575 E. St. Rte. 18, Apt. #F12, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio.
That being the residence of Ashly Renee Anderson, 26 YOA and Kyle M. Baker, 25 YOA.
The warrant signed by Judge Steve Shuff of the Seneca County Common Pleas Court unveiled US Currency, large amounts of suspected Methamphetamine, RX Pills, Marijuana, Drug Paraphernalia & Criminal Tools.
Arrested were Kyle Matthew Baker, 25 YOA, and Ashly Renee Anderson, 26 YOA. Both were transported to the Seneca County Correctional Facility.
Kyle Matthew Baker, 25
Kyle M. Baker, 25, was charged with 10 counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs, one first-degree felony, two second-degree felonies, three third-degree felonies and four fourth-degree felonies; one count of having a weapon while under disability, a third-degree felony; and one count of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, according to his indictment.
Anderson was charged with permitting drug abuse, a fifth-degree felony.
Ashly Renee Anderson, 26
“The Task Force had been receiving complaints of suspected Drug Trafficking going on from the apartment, which began the investigation on the suspects residing inside the apartment complex. According to the Task Force, this is an ‘ongoing’ investigation into the distribution of Methamphetamine out of Bellevue and Akron, Ohio. We have been seeing an increase in Methamphetamine related calls throughout the entire county. Our office, along with the Task Force Agents & area Law Enforcement have been addressing the issue since the beginning of the year!,” Sheriff William Eckelberry, Seneca County Sheriff’s Office, said.
“I would like to encourage citizens to continue to report suspicious activity to their local agencies or the Seneca County Drug Task Force – METRICH Enforcement Unit Crime Hotline at 419-443-0463,” the sheriff added.
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