Facing drug charges

YOUNGSTOWN

Reports said police arrested a passenger in a car pulled over about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday for an improper lane charge on Lans-downe Boulevard on the East Side on drug charges after officers found several pills in a bag next to her.

Reports said the officers saw Tamica Hackett, 25, of North Glenellen Avenue, putting things in a fast-food bag. When officers checked the bag, they found 13 painkillers inside.

Police then searched the car and found an additional 45 painkillers.

Hackett faces a charge of possession of drugs and was taken to the Mahoning County jail.

Officers issued a citation to the driver, Laytton Shepard, 25, of Austintown, for making an improper lane change.