(La Porte, IN) - A man is facing charges after apparently injecting himself with illegal narcotics and falling asleep in a vehicle parked in a La Porte alley.

 

William Panos, 38, has been charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Possession of a Narcotic Drug and Possession of a Hypodermic Syringe, both Level 6 felonies.

 

According to court documents, on March 15th, police were called to an alley behind 511 Grove St. on a report of a man slumped over in the driver’s seat of a van that had been parked there for a couple of hours. Officers reportedly found the engine still running and syringes in the center console, along with two bags of heroin whose combined weight came to just over two grams.

 

The La Porte man revealed the last time he used drugs was that evening, but medics, after looking him over, ruled he did not require medical attention.

 

Panos could face as much as a 30-month sentence on each count.