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Felony Drug Charge is Second in Six Months for Wauwatosa Man

The Wauwatosa resident was found passed out in his parents' bathroom after overdosing on heroin soon after being released from the House of Corrections.

A 23-year-old Wauwatosa resident is looking at his second offense of possession of narcotics in the past year after being found unconscious in his parent’s bathroom on May 2.

Admir Ado Karabegovic was charged with his second offense of possession of narcotic drugs. If convicted, he faces up to seven and a half months in prison, up to $10,000 in fines and suspension of his drivers license for up to five years.

Karabegovic was convicted of possession of narcotics with intent to manufacture or deliver back on March 5.

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According to the criminal complaint:

A Wauwatosa police officer was called to the scene of a possible overdose. After talking to both of Karabegovic’s parents, the officer was told that Karabegovic was in the bathroom and his parents were concerned that he had not come out and was unresponsive for a long time.

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Shortly after, Karabegovic's father kicked the door down to find his son lying on the floor with a tourniquet on his arm along with a syringe, with a brown liquid in it, on the sink. Along with the syringe, items found on the scene were an aluminum foil package with 0.56 grams of heroin and a plastic bag of white, unknown pills.

Karabegovic had recently finished a 45-day stint in the House of Correction for his previous count of possession of narcotics. Karabegovic said he started using heroin again shortly after his release, according to the complaint. He also told officers that he was using heroin while he completed his mandatory Justice 2000 class, the complaint said.

On the night of May 2, Karabegovic said that after a 3 p.m. meeting with his probation officer, he injected about 0.03-0.04 grams of heroin into his arm and then passed out, the complaint said.

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