Seneca Falls woman charged with heroin possession

On Tuesday, the Town of Seneca Falls Police Department arrested Shannon M. Markel, age 25, of 25 Peterman Road, Seneca Falls NY. Markel was originally arrested by the Seneca County Probation Department for a violation of probation out of the City of Geneva, however, when probation officers searched Markel they discovered that Markel was in possession of Heroin.Markel was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the seventh degree, a class A misdemeanor. Markel was arraigned in the Town of Seneca Falls Court in front of the Honorable Judge Laquidari.Judge Laquidari committed Markel to the Seneca County Correctional Facility in lieu of $500.00 cash or $1000.00 bail bond. Markel is scheduled to re-appear in court on June 5th, 2014 at 6:00 pm.