Alleged counterfeit items seized in raid at Perrysburg plant

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A Perrysburg police
vehicle sits in front of Glow Industries along Eckel Junction Road. (Photo: J.D.
Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune)

PERRYSBURG – Over 1,000 items were seized during a multi-agency raid at Glow Industries today.
The business was under investigation regarding alleged trademark counterfeiting on merchandise.
“We believed, and what we confiscated out of there, are so called ‘stash cans,’” said Jill Del Greco,
spokesperson for the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. “This is a counterfeiting trademark investigation.”

The cans, which have false bottoms, use trade-marks and images such as those found on familiar products –
such as, said Del Greco, cans of Coca-Cola. Glow Industries, she said, “according to what we believe, do
not have permission to sell Coca-Cola products.” About 12 different trademarks were involved in a
previous investigation, but it was not clear how many were found at the Perrysburg site.
The raid at Glow Industries, 12962 Eckel Junction Road, started around 8 a.m. and involved the Ohio
Bureau of Criminal Identification, the Drug Enforcement Agency, Ohio Pharmacy Board, Perrysburg Police,
the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, the Wood Count Prosecutor’s Office, and the Fairfield/Hocking County
Major Crimes unit.
Del Greco said that about 1,000 of the stash cans were seized, but no other items were obtained in the
raid. The investigation began last year in Fairfield County.
The DEA and Pharmacy Board personnel were at the scene “in case any drugs were found inside the warehouse
there. No drugs were found,” said Del Greco.
She said that in Fairfield County “there were some different items found in that investigation,” but
could not comment on what they were. She also could not comment on whether Glow Industries sells items
in that area.
According to their website, which was not available for a period on Tuesday morning, Glow Industries is
“the premier wholesale manufacturer and distributor of glass sex toys, smoking accessories, and
alternative lifestyle products.” It was established in 1978 “following the success of its three-store
chain of The Shed retail shores” in Toledo.
The company sells 2,000 products, and has warehouses in California and Ohio.
A call placed with Glow Industries late Tuesday morning indicated their office expected to be closed for
another four hours.
“We’re not making any arrests,” said Del Greco. “We are just gathering evidence at this point that we
would turn over to the county prosecutor’s office at this point to determine if charges will be filed.”

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