65-year-old woman cited for prostitution

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

A 65-year-old woman was cited Thursday afternoon on prostitution and drug paraphernalia charges.

Louise Jacobs of Martin Luther King Boulevard was arrested after officers saw her flagging down cars at Hillman and West Evergreen avenues, and then get into a pickup truck.

Reports said Jacobs told police she had crack pipes in her purse, and officers found two. The driver of the truck was released with no charges filed. Jacobs was released after she was given her citations for loitering to engage in solicitation, a third-degree misdemeanor; and possession of drug paraphernalia, a fourth-degree misdemeanor.

Jacobs was arraigned before Magistrate Anthony Sertick and is free on 10 percent of $1,500 bond.

Court records show that Jacobs has previous prostitution arrests in 2001, when she had two of them. One of those charges was dismissed when she pleaded guilty to a drug charge, court records show.

She also had a conviction in 2007 for criminal trespass and disorderly conduct, according to court records.