Cops: Woman Leads Us to Heroin

Jefferson Township police said they found what they suspected was heroin and paraphernalia in plain view during a welfare check at a Pennsylvania Ave. residence on March 2.

Officers discovered approximately 240 decks of suspected heroin, to which they were led by the person later charged for the drugs, police said.

Mindy Mittlestadt, 23, of Jefferson Township was at her own sentencing in court in Sussex County on March 2. According to police, she told the judge in that matter that she could not go to jail because she had an elderly grandmother at home she had to care for, police said. The judge ordered the welfare check at Mittlestadt’s home, where police found suspected drugs, police said.

Mittlestadt was charged with possession with the intent to distribute heroin, distribution of heroin within 500 feet of a municipal park and possession of heroin. In addition, she was issued summons for possession of prescription drug Cyclobenaprine without a prescription, possession of Suboxone without a prescription, possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of hypodermic syringes.

She was being lodged in the Sussex County Jail. 

For more information on this report, contact susan.toth@patch.com.