Ithaca, NY -- Ithaca police said they found “a substantial quantity of heroin” on a 26-year-old Ithaca woman they arrested Sunday.

Police responded to a report of a suspicious person on Stewart Avenue, according to a release, and found Keri Lynn Blakinger, of Ithaca. She had more than five ounces of heroin on her, police said, putting the value at approximately $150,000.

The Cornell Sun identified Blakinger as a member of the class of '11. It said she was a former staff writer for the student-run paper .

Blakinger was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, arraigned and sent to Tompkins County jail without bail.