On July 27, troopers stopped a 2018 Chevy Malibu with Ohio registration for a following too close violation on the Ohio Turnpike in Erie County. During the stop, a bag containing 123 Oxycodone pills worth $4,018 was seized from the female passenger.
The driver, Brian E. Cooper, 35, and passenger, Courtney E. Slanker, 23, both from Akron, were charged with possession and trafficking in a schedule II drug, both third-degree felonies. Both were incarcerated in the Erie County Jail.