PLYMOUTH, WI (WHBL) - When Plymouth Police responded to a home December 13 of a person not breathing, they soon found evidence that showed the people inside were likely dealing with illegal drugs.
This led to charges against three people Tuesday. Sheboygan County prosecutors detail their case against 25 year old Ryan Diekow, 24 year old Cody Diekow, and 21 year old Amelia Laduke, in separate but mostly similar criminal complaints.
They begin with police finding Ryan and Cody in a bedroom with Ryan reportedly appearing disoriented and confused. After an officer determined that Ryan had taken some form of opioid, EMS personnel were called to treat him.
As this occurred, police noticed drug paraphernalia items such as rubber tourniquets, spoons with residue on them, multiple syringes, and bags of cotton balls. That led to a search warrant and finding items associated with the cooking and injecting of heroin, plus the use of marijuana or other controlled substances such as prescription medication.
During their investigation, police conducted an interview with Amelia, who was at the home when officers arrived. She reportedly said herself, along with Cody, Ryan and two others, decided to travel to Milwaukee to purchase heroin. She said it was Ryan who bought the drug for 50-dollars.
Amelia said the heroin was cooked and injected before they returned to Plymouth. After taking it, Ryan reportedly overdosed. She said they were considering taking him to the hospital, but after CPR was performed Ryan woke up. Instead, they all returned to Plymouth.
Once back home she, Ryan and Cody again injected heroin. At one point Amelia noticed both Ryan and Cody both were unconscious, which resulted in her performing CPR and calling 911.
Another officer conducted an interview with Cody. At first, he reportedly claimed he, Amelia, Ryan and two others left the home to go to Sheboygan and then came back, only adding that at one point Ryan may have bought heroin in the city. When asked about using heroin himself, Cody claimed he was clean for a week. That story changed after the officer who interviewed Amelia asked Cody if he shot up heroin twice today, to which he replied yes.
After the interview, police instructed Cody to sit in a chair while a search warrant was obtained. Once the warrant was received, Cody supposedly started to move about the house, violating officers’ orders. An officer grabbed Cody, who is accused of trying to resist. That forced the officer to take Cody down to the ground and handcuff him before going back to the chair.
Cody is facing four charges; second-degree recklessly endangering safety, possessing drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer, and obstructing an officer. He could face over 11 years in prison for the charges. Amelia and Ryan are charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, which could earn them up to 30 days in jail and fines up to 500 dollars.