Woman tries to flush drugs down toilet when police arrive

YOUNGSTOWN — A woman who reports said was trying to flush drugs down the toilet of a South Side home Thursday while police were serving a search warrant is in the Mahoning County jail on $35,000 bond.

Natalia Rosario, 34, was arraigned in municipal court before Magistrate Anthony Sertick on felony charges of possession of heroin and tampering with evidence.

Reports said members of the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force were serving a search warrant about 11:45 a.m. at a Ravenwood Avenue house and had to break down a reinforced door to gain entrance.

Rosario was found trying to flush drugs down the toilet, reports said. Her two children, ages 13 and 18, were also there, reports said.

A man who lives in the house with her, Rolando Pena-Gomez, was arrested at his place of employment in Hubbard on a secret indictment on drug-trafficking charges, police said.