A Summit County grand jury indicted nine people after a multi-year investigation into a criminal gang operating in Akron between 2019 and 2024, authorities said Wednesday.
The Akron Police Department led the investigation, which centered on alleged members of the Down the Way gang, or DTW, who officials claim were involved in an ongoing pattern of criminal activity.
On Wednesday morning, investigators from Akron police’s Anti-Violence Bureau supported the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force in carrying out five arrest warrants related to the case, according to police. Four additional individuals included in the indictment are already in prison on unrelated counts…