Sheboygan, WI (WHBL) – Sheboygan area law enforcement agencies are waging an aggressive campaign against an apparent heroin epidemic which has Sheboygan County firmly in its grip.
The campaign has led to numerous recent drug busts and arrests, and has now landed two more Sheboygan residents behind bars.
34-year-old Jason J. Deruyter and 27-year-old Danielle M. Nonnemacher admit to having a $100 a day heroin addiction, and a criminal complaint alleges that the two made daily trips to Milwaukee to sustain their habit.
Deruyter and Nonnemacher both face felony charges of maintaining a drug trafficking place after the Sheboygan County MEG unit conducted a search warrant of the couples’ North 20th Street home.
A criminal complaint filed in Sheboygan County court says investigators searched the home on Monday, October 26, 2015 and discovered; more than 1000 used and unused syringes, heroin, marijuana, a digital scale, numerous tin foil squares, used cotton balls, tie-offs, a burnt spoon, and cookers.
Investigators also say they found a number of controlled substances at the home including Hydrocodone Bitartrate. Acetaminophen, and Gabapentin were also found.
Nonnemacher reportedly admitted to investigators that she shoots up heroin 2 to 3 times a day and would travel to Milwaukee almost every day to purchase the drug at costs ranging from $150-$200 per trip.
Deruyter also admitted to having a daily drug habit, but says he and Nonnemacher paid $300 for heroin on the day before their arrests.
Nonnemacher and Deruyter could each face more than 15 years in prison if convicted.