Police Report: Iraq War Veteran Survives Heroin Overdose

At 8:32 a.m. Saturday, police were called to a home in the 2500 block of North 65th St. on a report of a man unconscious from an overdose of heroin. The father of the victim identified him as a 33-year-old Iraq War veteran who had been treated for post-traumatic stress syndrome and who has been a heroin addict for four years.

officers and paramedics found the man lying on his back in the bathroom, blue and having labored breathing. There was a hypodermic syringe on the floor next to him.

The war veteran was given naxolone, which neutralizes the effects of opiate overdoses, and taken to the hospital.

He was questioned at the hospital and confirmed what his father had told officers. He said he had bought the heroin at the corner of North 27th and West Burleigh streets from a man he could not identify. Efforts to get more information from him were stymied, police said, because he kept falling asleep.

Police said they were weighing whether to seek charges for possession of heroin.

A police lieutenant said Monday that if the man is willing and able to provide more information about his supplier, detectives will investigate and seek charges if he can be found. Right now, they have little to go on in this case, he said.

The Wauwatosa Police Department has a policy of pursuing those who supply drugs to Tosa citizens and others found with dangerous drugs in Wauwatosa, and want it known that when citizens are found in possession of drugs, hospitalized by drug abuse or killed by drugs, they will investigate and bring charges against suppliers.

Last week, in a series of stories about the death of Alexandra Hopping, Wauwatosa police detailed the lengthy investigation that led to homicide charges against two men who supplied her with heroin.

In other incidents:

Sunday

At 12:23 a.m., a 19-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for drunken driving and two passengers, a 22-year-old Milwaukee man and a 20-year-old Milwaukee woman, were arrested for, respectively, possession of marijuana and underage possession and use of alcohol. An officer conducting an OWI Task Force watch on Blue Mound road pulled the driver over after he observed him driving for several blocks at 10 mph under the speed limit. Besides marijuana, officers found 18 beers and a half-full bottle of Jagermeister liquor in the trunk. The woman also had three Oxycodone pills but claimed she had a prescription.

Saturday

At 10:55 p.m., a Milwaukee man reported that someone had entered his car and stolen his stereo while he was at , 2635 N. Mayfair Rd., at some time since 10:15. He thought the car had been locked but there were no signs of forced entry.

At 4:55 p.m., a 16-year-old Milwaukee girl was arrested for theft and obstructing a police officer after she was seen shoplifting at in Mayfair Mall. She gave a false name and information to police officers after being warned that could result in more serious charges.

At 1:05 p.m., an 18-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for theft at Boston Store at Mayfair after he put on a Polo sweatshirt and tried to leave the store without paying for it.

A resident of the 2100 block of North 70th Street reported that some time in the early morning hours someone had stolen his guitar, laptop computer, briefcase, two cell phones and a checkbook out of unlocked car while it was parked in his driveway. He estimated his lost property was worth $3,000.

Friday

At 10:24 p.m., 25-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man, both from Milwaukee, were arrested, she for shoplifting and he for resisting an officer. The woman had been seen stealing video discs at , 3900 N. 124th St., and she ran when store security officers tried to stop her. The man, who had not been under suspicion, ran after her and both of them boarded a bus on West Capitol Drive. A Target security officer blocked the bus with his car until police arrived to arrest the woman. But the man bolted and ran again, and had to be chased down on foot. The woman’s purse was found discarded in the median of Capitol Drive and in it were just over $360 worth of videos.

At 7:07 p.m., a 22-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested for trespassing at after police responded to a call of fighting between some 10 women at the store. They found that it was only a verbal dispute and made no other arrests; however, all were identified and checked, and police learned that one of the women had two open warrants, for theft in Brown Deer and operating without a license in Glendale, and also that she was banned from the mall. Mall security officers extended her ban until October 2016.

At 6:43 p.m., a 36-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested for theft at Boston Store after she tried to leave the store with clothing she had concealed in her purse.

At 6 p.m., a 30-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for disorderly conduct after a patrol officer saw him urinating right outside the glass doors of Bowlero, 11737 W. Burleigh St., in full view of the parking area and of patrons inside the bowling alley. When the officer stopped and asked to see his identification, he said, “Just give me a (expletive) ticket,” and then became profanely and profoundly argumentative.

At 2:47 p.m., a 16-year-old Wauwatosa boy was arrested for possession of marijuana at . The school principal was questioning the boy about a theft from a gym locker when he found what he suspected was marijuana in the boy’s jacket. He also had two marijuana pipes.

At 11:42 a.m., a 17-year-old Wauwatosa girl was cited for truancy after an assistant principal at East High reported that she is enrolled there but has not shown up for classes yet this year. When she contacted the girl, she said she was enrolled in a GED program, but she failed to provide any documentation of it. Her mother told police that she is unable to make the girl go to school and did not know whether she was enrolled in a GED program or not.