West Caldwell Woman 'Refuses To Leave' Belleville Restaurant: Cops Make Drug Arrest

Belleville police arrested a West Caldwell woman and charged her with drug possession after she allegedly refused to leave a local eatery earlier this month.

According to the Belleville Police Department, officers arrived at a Washington Avenue restaurant around 4:19 p.m. on March 18, after receiving a report that Carina Herman, 27, had been in the establishment for five hours and was refusing to leave.

When police arrived, Herman was allegedly applying makeup and “acting in an irrational manner,” authorities stated.

While speaking to Herman, officers allegedly saw multiple hypodermic needles “in plain view” inside her purse, police stated.

Officers arrested Herman and conducted a search, finding 45 new and used hypodermic needles, 13 wax folds containing heroin, five glass vials containing cocaine, 16 plastic baggies containing crack-cocaine, 18 empty wax folds containing a white powder residue and “numerous items of drug paraphernalia.”

Authorities charged Herman with three counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of hypodermic needles.

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