Ohio Investigative Unit removes illegal slot machines from gas station in Miami Township Share Updated: 1:26 PM EDT Jun 3, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 1:26 PM EDT Jun 3, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff WLWT Digital Staff The Ohio Investigative Unit is raiding a gas station in Miami Township to remove illegal slot machines that have been in use for the past six months, police said.The slot machines are being removed from the Marathon Gas Station on State Route 131 and Buckwheat Road.The gas station will be closed for a certain, undetermined amount of time, police said.WLWT will continue to update this story with more information as it comes in.
Northeast Ohio man accused of human trafficking a woman, her underage daughter Chad Robert Ryan (Source: Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force) By Chris Anderson | May 12, 2021 at 9:21 AM EDT - Updated May 12 at 9:21 AM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Multiple law enforcement agencies collaborated in a child exploitation investigation that resulted in the arrest of a Tuscarawas County man.
According to the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, Chad Robert Ryan was arrested on Saturday after he arrived to a location thinking that he arranged to pay $1,000 in exchange for sex with a woman and her 14-year-old daughter.
The 44-year-old man was charged with compelling prostitution, attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, and possessing criminal tools; all felony crimes.
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Arrest Made in Human Trafficking Case
A Tuscarawas County man is under arrest for felony charges following an investigation by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said 44-year-old Chad Robert Ryan, of Dover, was arrested May 8 and charged with compelling prostitution, attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and possessing criminal tools.
The Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, created under the attorney general’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission, became aware of Ryan’s intentions to purchase sex with a mother and underage daughter. With assistance from the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office and the Ohio Investigative Unit, the task force investigated and ultimately arrested Ryan in Columbiana County.
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YOUNGSTOWN One of the men arrested last fall in a coordinated effort to arrest those attempting to have sex with minors was sentenced Friday to one year in prison. Jason Walker, 39, East Ninth Street, Salem, appeared at a hearing before Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge Anthony Donofrio. Court records show Walker had pleaded guilty Feb. 24 to charges of attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, importuning / soliciting an adolescent and resisting arrest. A charge of possessing criminal tools was dismissed.
Walker is one of 14 men arrested in Mahoning County last October as the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force and Sheriff Jerry Greene’s office participated in Operation Autumn Hope.