Timothy Throop is accused of abusing heroin
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- Jason Lea
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
A teen was arraigned on a charge of drug abuse after he overdosed at Studio 6 hotel in Mentor, according to police. Though 19-year-old Timothy Throop was arraigned Friday in Mentor Municipal Court, the incident that led to the charge occurred Oct. 12. Throop, Steven Gatchel, Ashley Korb and Rostislav Ryazanskiy bought some heroin and returned to the hotel to use it, Mentor Police Lt. Tom Powers said previously. When they did, Throop overdosed. The people with him called paramedics who took Throop to Lake West Medical Center where he recovered. Since that day, Korb and Ryazansiy have both been arrested for chauffering their child while high on heroin, Powers said. They both were convicted of drug charges. Gatchel was also convicted of …
Steven Gatchel is accused of abusing heroin and corrupting others with drugs
- POLICE & FIRE
- Jason Lea
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
A man is accused of abusing heroin and corrupting others with drugs after a friend of his overdosed at Studio 6 hotel. Steven Gatchel, 18, of Painesville, was arraigned on the felony drug charges Monday in Mentor Municipal Court. However, the incident from which the charges stem happened on Oct. 12. Gatchel, Timothy Throop, Ashley Korb and Rostislav Ryazanskiy discussed getting some heroin that day, Mentor Police Lt. Tom Powers said. "Gatchel says, 'I know someone we can get it from,'" Powers said. So the quartet drove to Cleveland, bought heroin from someone Gatchel knows and returned to Mentor, Powers said. Then the four used it at the hotel. Throop, 19, of Mentor-on-the-Lake, overdosed, Powers said. They called paramedics who …
Abe Froman
1:39 pm on Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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