Category: Summit County Sheriff

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...

COVID-19 Update for the Summit County Jail

On December 8, 2020, an inmate housed at the Summit County Jail tested positive for COVID-19. This is the first inmate to test positive...

A MYSTERY 87 YEARS IN THE MAKING

Prior to two weeks ago, it had always been believed that no sworn member of the Summit County Sheriff's Office had ever lost their...

Northfield Center, Sagamore Hills Businesses Found Selling Alcohol to Minors

Summit County Sheriff’s Detective Bureau Conducts Immediate Investigation By Emily Chesnic Three stores in the Nordonia Hills community were caught selling alcohol to underage customers this...

SUMMIT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – Several Arrested during “Operation Blue Light”

On August 12th and 13th the Summit County Sheriff’s Office participated in the State of Ohio’s program entitled Operation Blue Light. This was a...

Public Safety Announcement: Sheriff Fatheree, Fraud Prevention, and National Scam Awareness

AKRON, Ohio – Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree is partnering with the National Sheriffs’ Association to lead a high-priority effort centered on fraud prevention...

Sobriety Checkpoints, St. Patrick’s Day Safety, and Impaired Driving Enforcement – UPDATED

The Summit County OVI Task Force will conduct several Summit County OVI checkpoints starting Tuesday, March 17, 2026, through the early hours of Wednesday,...

Summit County Sheriff: Semi-Truck Driver in Custody After Fleeing Police and Striking Cruisers

On February 28, 2026, at approximately 6:15 p.m., the Summit County Sheriff’s Office responded to assist another agency locate a semi-truck. The truck had...

Summit County Sheriff Recovers $110,000, Warns Of Cryptocurrency Fraud, Urges Caution for Online Investments

The Summit County Sheriff’s Office recently recovered $110,000 connected to a cryptocurrency fraud case and is renewing its warning to residents across the county—including...

Summit County Sheriff’s Office Secures $352,968 in Traffic Safety Grants

Funding will support impaired driving enforcement and education programs across the county The Summit County Sheriff's Office has secured $352,968.32 in grant funding from the...