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Dave O'Brien
November 13, 2009

 

By Dave O’Brien

Record-Courier staff writer

A Randolph man, wanted by police after an Oct. 26 Portage County Drug Task Force raid at his residence uncovered a clandestine methamphetamine lab, was arrested Tuesday. 

Stephen M. Kalcic, 24, of 5309 Waterloo Road, is charged with illegal assembly or possession of chemicals to manufacture a controlled substance, a second-degree felony. He was arraigned the same day in Portage County Municipal Court in Ravenna, where Judge Barbara Oswick ordered him held on a $75,000 cash bond. 

According to a criminal complaint filed in municipal court, task force agents found liquid propane fuel, fuel additive, hydrogen peroxide, muratic acid and match striker plates with the red phosphorous removed — all components of the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine — in Kalcic’s upstairs room. 

Kalcic was on probation for a previous conviction in 2007 on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine at the time of the task force raid. 

A preliminary hearing has been set for 10:45 a.m. today in Oswick’s courtroom. Kalcic has requested a court-appointed attorney, according to court records. 

The Portage County Drug Task Force is comprised of officers from the Portage County Sheriff’s Office, the Aurora, Garrettsville, Kent, Ravenna and Streetsboro police departments and the Portage County Prosecutor’s Office. 

 




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    Posted by draygreen06 November 17, 2009
well winterswife i neither drink nor do i do drugs and as for my kids the only thing they know about being poor is what they see on tv. she was given a 450,000 house for free and yes there was cheating she cheated on me while we were married and i was working 2 jobs to support the house and as i stated i do work and the problem i have is with her that when the csea notifies her that im working and where she calles them 10 time plus a day till i get fired. but thank god my new boss doesnt give a sh*t about her and i have been there for 4 years, my point was that i was less than 5 grand behind on support and i was sent to prison for 7 months for my first ever arrest. yet people like the one in the story never see the inside of a jailcell for the crime they do

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    Posted by CrazyBeautiful31 November 17, 2009
Funny how one subject turns into another but yet they coincide. I am owed 31,000.00 in Child Support and he is/was a Meth Addict. Can't win for losing in either situation. But go on keep doing what you guys do best...you seem to be getting really far in life.

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    Posted by the24aboyz November 17, 2009
herefortheparty, Making meth does hurt and kill people but not paying your support is hurting your kids. Its not their fault that you 2 seperated, but your making them suffer. let me guess, you cheated? your a drunk? cant keep a job? yea it happens. your kids come first bro, swallow your pride and support your kids. Or go to the local pub and drink your unpayed support away..douchbaggers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Posted by draygreen06 November 16, 2009
well cmdrkjoh i have missed more that a few payments but there are several reason as to why.... lets see she calls my well old boss and complains all the time to him to the point i get fired, then she runs over 10,000 in bills in my name well after the divorce refuses to let me see my kids period and not one person wants to either help or point me in the right direction as where to get help and everytime i get a job and she finds out she starts calling them and bugs them to so humm i wonder why im behind in payments but im sorry 7 months in prison for 4895 behind in support with no past record is a bit harsh, and when this guy gets a smack on the wrist for making drugs that hurt and kill people

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    Posted by CmdrKJon November 16, 2009
Some people will never learn. This guy needs to be locked up for a long time, and if released make random checks on him for life. He has to be an addict to continue in this fashion.

here4the party, Gee, How dare they force you to support your children. Don't they realize that you have better things to do with your money than support your children.

My guess is if you are around $5 thousand dollars behing you have missed more than a month or two in your support.

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    Posted by draygreen06 November 15, 2009
so in other words if you can get off that easy for making drugs why am i behind on support payments,,, i get busted everytime i miss a few payments on kids i cannot see and get railroaded in the court system but get a smack on the wrist for making drugs... maybe ill start making and selling drugs to pay my support payments and if i do get caught i will now i will be back on the streets the same day so i can keep making drugs and keep my support payments up. because getting busted for being less than 5 grand behind on support and getting 7 months in prison is alot worse than selling and making drugs in portage county

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    Posted by the24aboyz November 14, 2009
whats afs stand for?

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    Posted by pcgirlAFSpres November 14, 2009
Meth Fairy huh? I seem to remember things a little differently...wasn't that a Meth Gremlin...yeah I'm pretty sure considering his training. Fairy that...AFS 4-life...

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    Posted by s.swenson November 14, 2009
In 07 he was convicted of having a meth lab and he's not in jail still?
What about the home he lives in is their a landlord or owner who is now out lots and lots of money to clean up the toxic mess?
Whatever slap on the wrist he received obviously didn't work, so now maybe he'll get some serious time?
Over and over again we here these same stories, I'm on the fence with rehab vs. prison. The rehab statistics have really never been that favorable, although I get if we save just l of l0 people that's great. These are the people that are the criminals and menace to our society.
Pawn shops stay in business, people get their homes broken into as well as their vehicles. It's such a viscious cycle.
I dunno if all the drug addicts and distributors were in jail the place would be overflowing and other criminals would be on the street.
Crazy, I guess addiction isn't something I understand but the devestation is causes is somthing I see.

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    Posted by Living The Nightmare November 13, 2009
Must have been smoking up his profits if he needed a court appointed atty.

Must have been a brisk business if he was already on probation for manufacturing.

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