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Arrest Made In Three Local Drug Overdose Deaths

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Whitehall police have made an arrest after three people fatally overdosed on opioids at a Powell Avenue home earlier  this week. 

Police say 37-year-old Swoudell Freeman faces drug and involuntary manslaughter charges. The deaths are among eight the Franklin County Coroner says happened in a 24-hour period that ended Monday.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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