Tuesday 20 October 2015

Heroin overdose leads to drug arrests

UNION GROVE — A heroin overdose on July 30 at a Union Grove residence has led to drug charges for three Union Grove men.

According to court records, rescue workers and Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched at 5:37 p.m. on July 30 to a residence in the 1000 block of 13th Avenue for a report of a 35-year-old man who was passed out and unresponsive in a shower at the residence.

After the subject was transported to Wheaton Franciscan-All Saints hospital in Racine, deputies obtained consent to search the rented residence, criminal complaints indicate. In the shower area where the victim was found, investigators found a piece of tin foil, a syringe, a lighter, a cooker and alcohol pads — materials that investigators said are commonly known to be used in the injection of heroin, the complaints indicate.

At the hospital, the victim, identified as Nicholas R. Conant, 35, allegedly admitted to using heroin, his criminal complaint indicates. He also allegedly admitted that paraphernalia — including a clip, and a pipe cleaner with marijuana residue and a jar containing hash oil that were found in his room— were his.

According to the criminal complaints, deputies allegedly located other drug materials in other rooms of the residence.

In the room belonging to Michel D. Binet Sr., 55, deputies reported finding a digital scale, a syringe, a glass bong and two glass smoking pipes. In a room belong to Michael D. Binet, 20, investigators reported finding 4 grams of marijuana inside a glass jar, a metal cooking tin with rolling papers, a marijuana grinder and a glass smoking pipe with burnt marijuana residue.

According to the criminal complaint, “it became apparent that all living areas of the house contained drug paraphernalia and drug use.”

Conant is facing felony charges of possession of narcotic drugs and maintaining a drug trafficking place, both as a second or subsequent offense, and a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Michel Binet is facing felony charges of possession of marijuana as a second or subsequent offense and maintaining a drug trafficking place and a misdemeanor count of possession of paraphernalia. Both men have a preliminary hearings scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 12 in Racine County Circuit Court.

Michael Binet is facing a misdemeanor charge of possession of paraphernalia. He has been assigned a status conference in court on Sept. 21. All three men were in the custody at the Racine County Jail as of Monday night.

Source:  http://journaltimes.com

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