Category: Summit County Sheriff

Summit County Opens New Concealed Carry License Office

AKRON – Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree and Clerk of Courts Sandra Kurt announce the opening of a new Concealed Carry license processing station...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office PRESS RELEASE Arrest Made in RV Theft

Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree is pleased to announce the arrest of a suspect that attempted to evade law enforcement authorities. On Tuesday, June...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office PRESS RELEASE Fatal Crash

On Monday, May 31, at approximately 2:00 p.m., the Summit County Sheriff’s Office and Summit Metro Crash Response Team responded to a fatal crash...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office: Missing Person Located

Sheriff Kandy Fatheree would like to announce her agency’s efforts to return a missing person to her home in Texas. ​On March 31, 2021...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office – Robbery in the City of Green

Sheriff Kandy Fatheree is seeking assistance with identifying the identity of a robbery suspect. On May 15, 2021 at approximately 2:00 a.m., an unidentified...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office Arrests Made During Human Trafficking Operation

The Summit County Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation into Human Trafficking with the assistance of the Portage County Sheriff’s Office, Stark County Sheriff’s Office,...

Sheriff’s Office Mourns Death of K-9 Deputy Anna

GREEN – Summit County Sheriff’s Office deputies and civilian staff were joined by law enforcement and K-9 units from throughout the region at the...

Sheriff Fatheree Marks One Hundred Days in Office

AKRON – April 14th marks one-hundred days since Kandy Fatheree assumed the Office of Summit County Sheriff. Fatheree came into her new role with...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office Arrest made for Child Exploitation

Sheriff Kandy Fatheree would like to announce the arrest of a man suspected of child exploitation on March 15, 2021. An Investigator from the Ohio...

Summit County Sheriff hires Director of Diversity & Inclusion

AKRON – New County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree is wasting no time acting on her top priorities. High on her list of goals was to...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office PRESS RELEASE Arrests from Human Trafficking Operation

The Summit County Sheriff’s Office, Akron Police Department, Portage County Sheriff’s Office, Summit County Prosecutor’s Office and the Summit County Human Trafficking Force recently...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office PRESS RELEASE Coventry House Fire

On January 6, 2021, the Coventry Fire Department and the Summit County Sheriff’s Office responded to a house fire on Penguin Drive in Coventry...

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...