Two women held on drug charges
Two Butler women — one nabbed with a bra stuffed with heroin — were arraigned Thursday in separate felony drug cases.
Shayna M. McDowell, 32, and Nancy A. Hinchberger, 50, were already being held in the Butler County Prison when state police vice officers charged them last week.
Both defendants have extensive criminal records.
McDowell has nine pending cases — mostly for drug trafficking — in Butler County Court.
She was found with 71 stamp bags of suspected heroin in her bra, and another five bags in her pocket, according to court documents.
In another case, she is accused of hitting a Butler Township officer with a car during an apparent getaway earlier this year.
Hinchberger was previously arrested this month after state police found her sleeping in a Franklin Township motel room where she had allegedly gone to buy drugs.
District Judge Lewis Stoughton arraigned the defendants on their latest charges, setting $100,000 bail on each woman.
A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.
