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11 Locals Indicted In Multi-State Drug Ring

Thirteen people have been indicted in Franklin County for allegedly participating in a multi-state prescription pill ring. Prosecutors say 28-year-old Amanda Basich and 31-year-old Joshua Smith organized the ring that smuggled 165-thousand dollars worth of painkillers from Florida to central Ohio before it was shut down last year.  Nine of the other eleven suspects are also from central Ohio. The other two are from Florida.

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.