Crime & Safety
Pair Facing Drug Charges for Allegedly Shooting up at a Park
The incident was on Friday afternoon, police said.
Two Stafford residents are due in court on April 16 after they were allegedly witnessed shooting up heroin in a Rockville park as children played nearby, according to an arrest report.
Lisa Hubbard, 44, and Lanny Marden, 41, who live at 9 River Rd. in Stafford, were booked on Narcotics possession, the use of drug paraphernalia and possessing drugs near a school or day care facility, according to an arrest report.
The report indicates that, at 3:33 p.m. on Friday, a police canine unit on patrol was told that the two were seen injecting heroin at a park off Elm Street while children were on a playscape nearby.
Witnesses told the officer that the two were on School Street - just down the hill from Talcott Park - and they were questioned and taken into custody, polices said. They were released on bond later in the day, police said.
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