Crime & Safety
Woman Arrested at Walmart for Heroin Trafficking
About 10 grams, a car and $800 were seized from Lillian Gay.
Mentor Police arrested a woman Thursday at Walmart for selling heroin.
Cleveland resident Lillian Gay was arrested at the store following a criminal investigation by Mentor Police, the Lake County Narcotics Agency, Lake County Sheriff's Department, Trumbull-Ashtabula County Drug Task Force and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. According to a news release from Lake County Narcotics Agency Director David A. Friscone, in the probe uncovered that Gay had been selling in Lake and Ashtabula counties.
Officers seized 10 grams of the drug, $800 and a car from Gay.
Heroin trafficking is a second-degree felony, punishable by up to eight years in prison and a $15,000 fine.
Additional charges against Gay are pending.
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