Single, jobless Youngstown mom relapsed, she tells judge

YOUNGSTOWN

A woman arraigned in municipal court Friday on a felony charge of possession of heroin told a magistrate she was arrested before she could use the drug.

Magistrate Anthony Sertick set bond at $5,000 for Nicole Haynes, 26, of East High Avenue, who was arrested after a traffic stop at about 2:20 p.m. on the Himrod Avenue Expressway.

Haynes told Sertick that she is a “stay-at-home mom” with three children she supports by herself. She told police when she was arrested she had relapsed and started using heroin again.

Sertick told Haynes he was concerned because she had admitted to police she was relapsing, but Haynes said she never took the drug.

Haynes said she has a great “support system,” and that several people, including a pastor, stop by every day at her home to help her.

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