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All Wet: Hatfield Woman Busted With PCP

Heather Diottavio, 29, found slumped forward in her car

A Hatfield woman was busted with Thursday with wet, the street name for PCP-laced weed, after police found her slumped forward, asleep in her car.

Heather Diottavio, 29, of the 1100 block of Emerald Avenue, Hatfeild, was arrested and charged with possession of personal use of marijuana, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia and public drunkenness, police said.

Police found Diottavio allegedly slumped foward behind the wheel of a white Buick sedan at Walnut Street and West Second Street in .

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An officer approached the Buick to check on Diottavio, and noticed she had a strong slur to her voice, an odor of alcohol on her breath and an odor of burning marijuana coming from her car, police said.

A pile of cigar tobacco was found outside the driver door, police said.

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Next to the pile was a small glass jar with suspected marijuana, police said.

The top portion of the wrapper of the cigar was at the Diottavio's feet, along with a half-smoked blunt, police said.

Police said Diottavio continued to speak in a slow, lethargic tone and said she had been smoking wet.

Montgomery County Adult Probation filed a detainer on Diottavio, whose probation term was set to expire in May 2012.

Diottavio is on two probations for two separate cases, according to Montgomery County records.

A hearing date is pending before Judge Borek in Lansdale. Diottavio was subsequently taken to Montgomery County Correctional Facility, police said. 

Diottavio has appeared in district court on criminal charges six times since October 2008. 

She has also has 11 traffic citations since August 1998.

Diottavio is on probation for one year from March 10, 2011, stemming from a guilty plea of recklessly endangering another person. This charge was changed from a first-offense DUI with a controlled substance or metabolite. Charges for illegal parking on a bridge or tunnel and a first-offense DUI with a Schedule 2 or 3 drug were dropped.

Diottavio was sentenced to 90 days in jail in October 2009 and then a one-year probation, ending in January 2011, for intentional possession of a controlled substance.


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