This may not be a felony at all. In newark (my favorite city), NJ - my daughter got only a $35 dollar fine for possession of heroin. It was like a ticket,that's all. Interestingly, in the same arrest she got a $75 fine for "invalidated subway ticket". So according to the city of Newark, an improper subway ticket is more than twice as bad as possession of heroin. Go figure. At any rate, if all your AD got was a fine and ticket, its unlikely to be a felony at all. I was told by a lawyer, that if my AD was caught with heroin in another NJ city, it would have been a felony and jail time. So it all depends on the city your daughter was arrested in, and its laws.