FRANKLIN — Police found a woman "shooting up" in a car Monday afternoon while her two sons — an infant and a toddler — were sitting in the backseat.

Amy Marie Hoff, 26 of 924 Forrest Avenue, was found injecting what police believe to be heroin into her arm about 2:19 p.m. Monday, according to police reports.

A man who didn't give his name alerted police to Hoff who had parked the 1992 black Thunderbird she was driving next to a dumpster on Valley Forge Court in the Franklin Commons apartment complex before injecting the drugs, police said.

Hoff's sons, ages 2 months and 15 months, were in the back seat.

A syringe, spoon, coffee cup and capsule containing white powder were found in the car, police said.

The two children were released to Hoff's father who lives in the apartment complex, said Lt. Gerry Massey.

"He was pretty distraught over it," Massey said.

Warren County Children Services was contacted about the incident Friday. Representatives from the agency did not return calls requesting comment.

Hoff was taken to the police department Monday, interviewed and then released.

Police charged her Friday with child endangering, driving under the influence, no operator's license, possession of drug abuse instruments and possession of drug paraphernalia, said Chief Gordon Ellis. Charges of drug abuse are pending the result of a lab test on the white powder found in her car.

Police planned to arrest Hoff Friday afternoon. She is scheduled to be arraigned in Franklin Municipal Court Tuesday.

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