Woman tells cops she doesn't feel well after swallowing pills during raid

YOUNGSTOWN — Reports said a woman in a West Side house Thursday that was raided by the vice squad and Community Police Unit complained of feeling ill after eating several painkillers.

Jeffona Thompson, 28, of Victor Street, told police she was not feeling well because “I just ate a bunch of trams [pills] when you got here.”

Thompson and Percy Phillips, 25, were at the 17 Matta Ave. home about 4:25 p.m. when police served a search warrant and found a digital scale and three bags of heroin.

Phillips was arrested on drug charges and taken to the Mahoning County jail. Thompson was arrested on a charge of tampering with evidence and also taken to the jail.

Reports did not say if she was treated before she was taken there.

Police also found $762 inside the home, reports said.