YPD revives Columbiana pair after weekend overdoses

YOUNGSTOWN — Police revived two people over the weekend in separate incidents with an opiate antidote after they were found passed out in cars.

About 2:20 p.m. Sunday officer Elmer Martinez-Gonzalez gave a dose to Cheryl Rose, 47, of Columbiana, who was found passed out in a running car at Fifth Avenue and Commerce Street in a vacant lot across the street from the Mahoning County jail.

Reports said Rose told police she has been taking heroin for six months and had snorted heroin just before passing out.

About 1:41 a.m. Saturday, Steven Walker, 37, also of Columbiana, was found passed out in a car that had crashed into a sign in the 100 block of East Auburndale Avenue. Officer Joe Wess had to give Walker three doses of Narcan before he woke up.

Reports said Walker told police he went to a South Side home to buy what he thought was cocaine but instead he got heroin, which he snorted.

Both Rose and Walker were cited for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and drugs.