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<p>HAZLETON &#8212; A Schuylkill County woman was arraigned Wednesday on charges she abandoned two children inside a vehicle to inject herself with three packets of fentanyl inside a store&#8217;s restroom.</p><p>City police allege Nicole Paskovich, 29, of Mahanoy City, was inside a restroom at Heights E Z Stop convenience store on South Poplar Street for more than 20 minutes leaving behind a 2-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy without supervision inside a vehicle parked outside.</p><p>Police said the 2-year-old was in a child safety seat that was not secured to the vehicle&#8217;s seat. </p><p>Paskovich told police she shot herself up with three fentanyl packets, court records say.</p><p>When Paskovich was away from the vehicle, police said the store&#8217;s surveillance camera recorded the children crying and entering the store looking for their mother.</p><p>Police allege they found 45 loose heroin packets, six bundled heroin packets and a small amount of methamphetamine underneath the driver&#8217;s side seat and a syringe under the passenger seat.</p><p>Paskovich was arraigned by District Judge Daniel O&#8217;Donnell in Luzerne County Central Court on two counts each of endangering the welfare of children and possession of a controlled substance and a single count of possession of drug paraphernalia. She was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $10,000 bail.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

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