Police: Pinckney woman caught shooting up heroin in LCJ

A 34-year-old Pinckney woman could face charges after she was allegedly caught shooting up heroin in the Livingston County Jail bathroom for visitors.

Undersheriff Michael Murphy said the woman, whom he did not identify, came to the jail on Highlander Way in Howell around 1:20 p.m. Saturday to visit her boyfriend.

Prior to seeing the boyfriend, the woman walked into the bathroom and entered a stall.

Murphy said another visitor in the ladies bathroom told police that she heard someone in the next stall “smacking her arm” and tying a rubber strap — two sounds she recognized and associated with heroin use because she has a relative who has a heroin addiction.

The witness told police that she left the stall and peeked into the other stall through gaps in the stall and she saw a woman standing up and wearing blue jeans. The witness reported what she saw immediately upon leaving the bathroom.

While the Pinckney woman visited her boyfriend, deputies checked the women’s bathroom and found the rubber strap and an estimated 10 cubic centimeters of suspected heroin, Murphy said.

Deputies allowed the woman to finish her visit with her boyfriend, then they questioned her about the heroin. Murphy said she initially denied it was hers, but later admitted that she was “shooting up heroin in the bathroom.”

Murphy said authorities released her pending lab analysis of the suspected heroin.

Contact Livingston Daily justice reporter Lisa Roose-Church at 517-552-2846 or lrchurch@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @LisaRooseChurch.