Pubdate: Mon, 25 Sep 2006
Source: Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY)
Copyright: 2006 Orange County Publications
Contact:  http://www.th-record.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2544
Author: Ramsey Al-Rikabi
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/heroin.htm (Heroin)
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MAN CHARGED WITH HEROIN POSESSION AFTER BEING FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AT GALLERIA

A 25-year-old man was found passed out in a bathroom at the Galleria 
at Crystal Run on Saturday afternoon. He had apparently overdosed on 
heroin, state police said.

[Name redacted] was found by mall security lying on his side with a 
hypodermic needle in his right hand, state police said.

At the Horton campus of Regional Medical Center, nurses found a small 
bag containing what [Name redacted] told state police was heroin.

[Name redacted] told state police he bought the heroin and needle 
earlier from "an unknown dealer" at the Galleria.

After being treated at the hospital, [Name redacted] was taken to the 
nearby state police barracks and charged with drug possession.
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