K-9 finds package with illegal drugs, leads to Cleveland arrest: I-Team

CLEVELAND (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team learned a Cuyahoga County Sheriff K-9 discovered a package containing illegal drugs that was set to be delivered to a Cleveland home.

According to reports, Sheriff K-9 Jimmy, a narcotic detection dog, alerted his handler to a package that was at a local distribution center. Deputies found the package contained illegal drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine.

Deputies then delivered the package to the home. Once the package was accepted, deputies knocked on the door.

Lenny Johnson, who lives at the home, admitted to deputies that he received the package for someone else. The name on the package was not Johnson’s, but it was addressed to Johnson’s home. Reports further state that Johnson said he received two other similar deliveries and was paid with money and cocaine for accepting the packages. Johnson said he did not know what was inside the package.

Johnson now facing felony drug charges in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. His bond was set at $50,000 dollars.

Johnson entered not guilty pleas to the charges. He is due back in court later this week.