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Woman wanted on Jersey warrant stopped in Carbon

When state police at Fern Ridge made a traffic violation stop on Interstate 80 in Kidder Township they learned the driver of the vehicle had an active warrant out for her arrest in Warren County, New Jersey

Police said Mariya Ann Fenton, 31, of Phillipsburg, was stopped at 1:44 p.m. Jan. 27 at mile marker 275.4 while driving a 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 that made several traffic violations.Police said she identified herself as Marissa Ann Jones. Upon checking the woman's identification, they found her true name and information that she was facing heroin possession charges in New Jersey.Fenton had a small amount of marijuana and four empty heroin packets.She was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and providing false identification to law enforcement authorities.Fenton was taken to the Carbon County Correctional Facility, Nesquehoning, pending extradition to New Jersey.