Category: Summit County Sheriff

Summit County Sheriff’s Office: Drug Trafficking Interdiction

On Tuesday, January 23, 2024, The Summit County Drug Unit in conjunction with the Summit County Sheriff’s Office and the Ohio State Highway Patrol...

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...

Armed Robbery in Northfield Center Township

On May 29, at 9:20 PM, an armed robbery occurred at a gas station located at 70 E. Aurora Road in Northfield Center Township....

Summit County Sheriff’s Office: Cruelty to Animals and Resisting Arrest

On April 25, 2023, at approximately midnight, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office received reports of an intoxicated man, identified as Louis Shipka engaging in...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office – Fatal Crash in Green

On Sunday, April 16, 2023, at approximately 2:55 a.m., the Summit County Sheriff’s Office and the Green Fire Department responded to a call of...

24-Year-Old Summit County Jail Inmate Dies After Medical Emergency

Read ad free here. A 24-year-old inmate at the Summit County Jail died Monday after experiencing respiratory distress, according to Sheriff Kandy Fatheree's office. Leah Kay...

Stolen Car Chase Ends in Flames and K9 Capture

On March 26, 2025, at approximately 6:15 p.m., the Summit County Sheriff's Office was notified of an individual who had been driving recklessly in...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office receives grant to hire Addiction Services Coordinator at the County Jail

Read ad free AKRON – Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree is excited to announce that the  Sheriff’s Office has been awarded $187,000 as part of...

Arrests Made in SWAT Incident

On January 13, 2025, the Summit County Sheriff's Office responded to an apartment in the 4700 block of Massillon Road in the City of...

UPDATE: Fatal Industrial Incident Claims Life of Cleveland Worker During Tank Inspection

A fatal workplace incident occurred at a Twinsburg Township industrial park on January 10, 2025. At approximately 9:45 a.m., emergency services responded to a...