Summit County Sheriff

Tanker Explosion in Town Causes Road Closures

Update: As of  January 28, 2024 10:15 a.m., State Route 8 southbound is still closed. The ramp to Interstate 271 north is open. On January...

Human Trafficking Operation Results in 12 Arrests in Summit and Stark Counties

On Thursday, January 11, the Summit Regional Human Trafficking Task Force – consisting of the Summit, Medina, Stark, and Portage County Sheriff’s Offices –...

Sheriff’s Office and Prosecutor’s Office Re-Launch CCW Workshop Program for 2024

AKRON – Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree and Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announce the return of the CCW Workshop program for the...

Sheriff Fatheree And County Officials Celebrate Opening Of New Consolidated Dispatch Center

TALLMADGE – Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree joined other county officials, several area mayors, and dispatch center staff at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday,...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office Hosts Third Annual Summit Faith & Blue

AKRON – Sheriff Kandy Fatheree is excited to announce that the Summit County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting Summit Faith & Blue on Saturday,...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office: Table Tennis Coach Arrested

In July of 2023, the Summit County Sheriff’s Detective Bureau was made aware of concerns of inappropriate relations between the owner/coach of the Samson...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office: Deputy Injured in Crash

On Thursday, July 20, 2023, at approximately 9:40 p.m., a Summit County Sheriff’s Deputy was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic. The deputy...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office Carnival with A Cop

Sheriff Kandy Fatheree is pleased to announce the annual “Carnival with a Cop” program will take place on July 27, 2023, the Summit County...