Department Will Pay for Medical Expenses Jackson - Falko, the Jackson Police Department's dog, has been limping since early May because he has a bone chip in his right front leg. The 5-year-old German shepherd needs surgery and is expected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks, said his handler, Officer Todd Fristed. The dog has been an extremely valuable member of the department, Fristed said. "He sniffs out narcotics," he said. "He is an aggressive indicating dog, which means he will bite, scratch or bark when he smells the odor of narcotics, which includes cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines and marijuana." [continues 334 words]
Ozaukee schools, law agencies, task force join forces to set up meeting For the first time on a countywide basis, Ozaukee County parents and teachers are being urged to attend a drug awareness meeting to learn how to deal with the newest illegal drugs that their children may be using. Law enforcement officers say students are using heroin and Ecstasy. Students, as early as the fifth grade, are being exposed to alcohol, tobacco and marijuana. Two young people in recent months have died from drug overdoses. Christopher Koleski, 15, of Cedarburg was found dead in April in a Milwaukee house with heroin and other drugs in his system. [continues 520 words]
A 30-year-old man who died after being found unresponsive in a Waukesha County Jail cell Saturday had committed an armed robbery to get the widely abused painkiller OxyContin, according to Brookfield police. The Waukesha County medical examiner's office declined to release the man's name Sunday until it could notify the man's family, said Kristine Klenz, a deputy medical examiner. The office believes that the man lived somewhere in metropolitan Milwaukee. An autopsy to determine the cause of death is scheduled for today. [continues 208 words]
Agents Did Not Violate Brothers' Rights, Court Says Port Washington - Drug agents did not violate the rights of a 74-year-old Town of Belgium farmer during a search of property where he was suspected of operating one of the state's largest marijuana farms, an Ozaukee County judge ruled Wednesday. "I think the officers in all respects acted reasonably," Judge Walter J. Swietlik said in denying motions to suppress the evidence. The farmer, David Burmesch Sr., and his brother, Eugene, 80, are scheduled to go on trial March 22 on charges that they ran one of the largest marijuana-growing operations ever found in Wisconsin. In a raid of the farm last Sept. 1, agents from the state Department of Justice seized 498 marijuana plants and 98.5 pounds of processed marijuana. [continues 228 words]
