Nursing home patient faces drug charges

BOARDMAN — Township police arrested a nursing home patient on a drug charge after a nurse reported finding a bag of opioid pain pills on the patient.

Edna Hector, 33, of Youngstown, is charged with drug possession/drug abuse, according to court records.

According to a police report, officers were called to Greenbriar Quality Care on South Avenue last week. A nurse told police that while helping Hector get up after a fall, the nurse found a bag containing oxycodone/acetaminophen pills under Hector.

The nurse said the pills did not match anything dispensed at the facility “and must have been brought in by an outside party and given to Hector,” according to the report.

Police arrested Hector at Greenbriar on Friday, according to the report. She was released on a summons to appear in Mahoning County Area Court here Tuesday.