Staff reports
Thursday, March 26, 2015 6:32 am

Melissa Patch (Rochester Police photo)

ROCHESTER - A Somersworth woman was arrested on a charge of heroin possession on Tuesday in the parking lot of Frisbie Memorial Hospital.

Melissa Patch, 33, of 13 Lincoln St., was booked on possession of a controlled drug. Patch was held at the Strafford County Jail on $10,000 cash bail to appear at the 7th Circuit Court of Rochester for a later arraignment.

The arrest was carried out by Rochester Police and the Strafford County Drug Task Force.