TROOPERS SAY THEY RECEIVED A COMPLAINT THAT SOMEBODY ENTERED A RESIDENCE ON SCHOOL STREET ABOUT 7:50 THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING. THE RESIDENT WAS ABLE TO GET A PARTIAL LICENSE PLATE NUMBER. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AS IT WAS ON US ROUTE 11 HEADING TOWARD CANTON. THE VEHICLE HAD TWO FLAT TIRES. THEY FOUND THE DRIVER, 40-YEAR-OLD LEONA SCHWARTFIGURE OF CANTON ALLEGEDLY SO IMPAIRED SHE HAD DIFFICULTY SPEAKING OR WALKING. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE TURNED UP TEN PILLS, THREE CONTAINING OXYCODONE, AND ANOTHER SEVEN CONTAINING ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE—THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG AMBIEN—PLUS A GRINDER AND TWO STRAWS CONTANING DRUG RESIDUES.

SCHWARTFIGURE WAS TAKEN BEFORE CANTON TOWN JUSTICE CHRISTOPHER CURLEY AND ARRAIGNED ON A FELONY COUNT OF D.W.A.I.-DRUGS BECAUSE OF A PREVIOUS CONVICTION WITHIN TEN YEARS, MISDEMEANOR COUNTS OF DRUG POSSESSION AND CRIMINAL USE OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, PLUS A VIOLATION OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW FOR HAVING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG OUTSIDE OF ITS INTENDED CONTAINER.

SCHWARTFIGURE WAS JAILED ON 15-HUNDRED-DOLLARS CASH BAIL OR 3-THOUSAND-DOLLARS BAIL BOND. STATE POLICE SAY SCHWARTFIGURE MAY BE CONNECTED WITH A PREVIOUS HIT-AN-RUN ACCIDENT IN THE VILLAGE OF CANTON.