Beer and pipe and crack equals arrest

YOUNGSTOWN — A passenger in a car that was pulled over after police saw it leave a known drug house on East High Street was charged with possession of crack cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle.

Salene Ballard, 39, of Park Vista Drive was arraigned Tuesday in municipal court. She will be back in court Jan. 20 for a preliminary hearing.

Police stopped the car Ballard was in after the driver failed to signal a turn around 7:30 p.m. Monday. Ballard had an open can of beer near her feet, a crack pipe next to the can and her hand covered a crushed rock of crack, police said.

Another passenger, Abbot Collins Jr., 53, of East Ravenwood Avenue was wanted on three outstanding warrants, two for probation violations and one for a traffic offense. The driver, Rosalie Mosley, 52, of Sycamore Street was cited for having an expired license, police said.