Police: Back-to-Back Weekend Heroin Arrests in Mahwah

Editor's Note: One or more names in this report have been redacted in light of additional documentation provided regarding this case.

Two unrelated motor vehicle incidents - one report of a slumped-over driver and one routine traffic stop - led to back-to-back heroin arrests in Mahwah over the weekend, township Police Chief Jim Batelli said in a release Tuesday.

First, an anonymous caller reported a possibly intoxicated woman trying to leave the parking lot of a Ramapo Valley Road restaurant in her car, Batelli said.

Responding officer Kevin McCombs found Megan Greer, 21, of Oakland, slumped over the steering wheel of her car, Batelli said. “In plain view” officers also spotted wax paper packets “commonly used to package heroin,” he said.

Cops also found heroin residue and a hypodermic needle on the seat of the car, Batelli said.

According to cops, Greer admitted to snorting heroin before getting in the car, and driving a friend to Suffern, N.Y. before pulling into the Mahwah parking lot.

Greer was arrested and charged with possession of a hypodermic needle and drug paraphernalia, being under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance, and driving while under the influence of a narcotic, Batelli said. Police did not release the name of the restaurant.

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