YOUNGSTOWN Woman charged in traffic stop

The woman also faces drug charges.
YOUNGSTOWN -- A woman who failed to show in municipal court in March for a speeding charge has been charge with speeding again -- and much more.
Loraine McKinnon, 32, of Fairgreen Avenue, was caught driving a car 66 mph in a 50 mph zone, said Patrolman Brian Booksing, who had been running a laser unit late Monday on the Madison Avenue expressway.
McKinnon, who told the officer she had no identification on her, identified herself as Keriston McKinnon and gave a birth date that would make her 22, not 32. Booksing discovered that the license plate on the Explorer belonged to Loraine McKinnon and should have been on a 1986 Cadillac.
The officer asked the index operator downtown for a driver's license description of Loraine McKinnon and it matched the driver he had in front of him, not the description a check yielded of Keriston McKinnon.
Booksing asked Loraine McKinnon why she lied.
She told the officer that she didn't want a ticket for having license plates on the wrong vehicle and for speeding, reports show.
Drug charges
Once under arrest, Loraine McKinnon told the officer that she had some suspected crack and eight Tylenol #4 pills in her pockets. A female deputy at the jail found the items.
McKinnon was arrested on charges of drug abuse cocaine, drug abuse Tylenol #4, failure to display driver's license on demand, operating a vehicle with the wrong plates and presenting false information to avoid a citation.
She also was served with a warrant issued in March for failure to appear in court on a speeding charge.
Municipal court records show that McKinnon has owed $110 in fines and costs since May 2000 on other traffic-related convictions.