Nine people were rounded up Thursday by Ravenna police and federal agents serving arrest warrants following investigations into cocaine and heroin trafficking in the city. 

The Ravenna Police Department, which is a member of both an ATF task force and the U.S. Marshal’s Service Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force, was assisted in the arrests by agents from both organizations.

Ravenna police Lt. Tim Mullen said all nine suspects were jailed Thursday pending arraignments on grand jury indictments filed April 15. All are scheduled to be arraigned today or Monday in Portage County Common Pleas Court, according to court records.

The suspects — all but one of whom are Ravenna residents — were the subject of a year’s worth of investigations into drug dealing in the city, Mullen said. 

“We received numerous complaints about all these subjects throughout the city,” he said. 

Those arrested Thursday, and charges in their indictments, were:

Holly N. Anderson

Age:22

Residence: 6847 Infirmary Road, Ravenna Township.

Charges:One count each of trafficking in cocaine, a fourth-degree felony, and possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony, and two counts of child endangering, both misdemeanors. Anderson allegedly sold cocaine on Nov. 2 in the vicinity of juveniles — a girl, 3, and a boy, 2 — and used a cell phone to do so.

Paul D. Brown

Age: 58

Residence:318 Day St., Apt. 2.

Charges: Four counts of trafficking in cocaine, one count each of possession of cocaine and possession of criminal tools, all fifth-degree felonies, and one count of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Brown allegedly sold cocaine four times between Feb. 11 and July 2, 2010, used a cell phone to do so, and possessed cocaine and crack pipes.

Jesse Colbert

Age: 49

Residence: 668 Page St., Apt. 26.

Charges: One count of trafficking in cocaine, a fourth-degree felony, for allegedly selling cocaine on Sept. 13, in the vicinity of a school.

Robert L. Colbert

Age: 62

Residence: 162 Van Buren Ave.

Charges: One count each of trafficking in cocaine, a fourth-degree felony, and possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly selling cocaine on Sept. 18 in the vicinity of a school, and using a cell phone and digital scale to do so.

Will Colbert

Age:55

Residence: 110 Cedar Ave., Apt. 50.

Three counts of trafficking in cocaine, all fourth-degree felonies, and one count of possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly selling cocaine on three occasions in September in the vicinity of a school and using a cell phone and digital scale to do so.

Cherish L. Hill

Age: 23

Residence: 161 E. Cedar Ave., Apt. 19.

Charges: One count each of trafficking in heroin and possession of criminal tools, both fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly selling heroin on Aug. 20 and using a cell phone to do so.

 

James J. Oneal

Age: 28

Residence: 230 Pratt St.

Charges: Two counts of trafficking in cocaine, both fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly selling cocaine on two occasions, once each in July and August. 

Raymond W. Oneal

Age:33

Residence: 318 Day St., Apt. 2.

Charges: Three counts of trafficking in cocaine, all fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly selling cocaine twice in June and once in August.

Christopher P. Perry

Age: 47

Residence: 163 N. Sycamore St.

Charges: Five counts of trafficking in cocaine, all fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly selling cocaine five times between Jan. 28 and March 22, 2010.

Also arrested Thursday on a warrant for failure to appear in Portage County Municipal Court in Ravenna in November for a post-conviction status hearing on a misdemeanor drug possession charge was Adam R. Cole, 29, of 411 Crestwood Drive, Ravenna.

More arrests are expected, Mullen said. Ravenna residents with information on suspected drug activity in their neighborhoods are urged to report it to the Ravenna Police Department by calling 330-296-6486.