Loaded Needle and Spoon, and Five Bags of Heroin Discovered

Buffalo, NY – Erie County Sheriff Timothy B. Howard reports two Forestville residents were arrested on November 19 for heroin possession following an investigation into a suspicious vehicle report.

Deputies Mosier and Schenfield were called around 2:50 P.M. by Seneca Nation of Indian Marshals for a suspicious vehicle on Milestrip Road on the Seneca Nation of Indians Territory.  When they investigated the incident, the Deputies discovered a loaded hypodermic needle, a spoon holding white powder, and five bags of heroin in plain view within the vehicle.

24-year-old Joy Sprague and 26-year-old Jared Kopczynski were arrested and each charged with one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance and possession of a hypodermic instrument.

The defendants are held in the Erie County Holding Center on $250.00 bail pending their arraignment.