When Charles Marotto was recently sentenced to five years in prison for providing a fatal hit of heroin to a man he considered a friend, few people left the courtroom happy. Not Marotto. Not the victim’s father. Not the judge. Not the prosecutor. Not the defense attorneys. Marotto, 28, of Silver Lake, was the 21st person in Summit County sentenced to prison for giving or selling heroin to someone who died from an overdose since 2013. With 29 indictments during the past three years, Summit County is taking a more aggressive approach to prosecuting these cases than other like-size counties in Ohio, including Lucas and Montgomery with only a few cases each. Summit has even outpaced some...
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