Crime & Safety

Reading Woman Allegedly Used Drugs in Arlington Heights Parking Lot

The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

A 45-year-old Reading woman was arrested Friday evening in Arlington Heights and charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs and possession of a Class B drug.

Police responded to Irene M. Paglia’s vehicle, which was parked in the lot behind Peter Pan Superette on Park Avenue, shortly after 7 p.m. after a caller reported that two people were using drugs in it.

Paglia, of Dana Road, was in the driver’s seat and the vehicle was running, according to police.

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She failed field sobriety tests on scene, police said. Police allegedly found multiple pills and prescription pill bottles in her vehicle, along with a small glass containing a white residue.


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