Southern Ohio Organized & Major Crimes TaskForce

NEWS RELEASE​​​​​​​​

September 19, 2025

On September 18, 2025, the Southern Ohio Organized and Major Crimes Task Force, in coordination with the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, Scioto County Sheriff’s Office, Pike County Prosecutor’s Office, Pike County Sheriff’s Office, Waverly Police Department, and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, executed multiple search warrants as part of an investigation into the distribution of drugs obtained illegally on the black market and sold to customers as purported weight-loss medications.

These substances, not approved by the FDA, pose significant risks to the community due to their unknown and potentially dangerous contents. Investigators believe the scheme was designed to generate substantial illegal profits while endangering public health.

As a result of the operation, Haley Borders was arrested at her residence in Otway, Scioto County, on warrants stemming from indictments filed in Pike County. Evidence of investigative value was seized at multiple locations in both Scioto and Pike Counties.

The Southern Ohio Organized and Major Crimes Task Force would like to thank the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction for providing two K9 units to assist in the search of the property.

This case remains under investigation and will be submitted to the Prosecutors’ Offices in Scioto and Pike Counties for consideration of additional criminal charges.