Crime & Safety

Heroin Overdose Leads to Pair of Citations

A caller from an address withheld by the Greendale Police Department, reported his brother was unconscious but breathing after overdosing on heroin at 4 p.m. July 4.

The brother was taken to the hospital and treated for an adverse reaction to heroin; he was issued citations for possession of drug paraphernalia and narcotics.

That and the following incidents were reported in the Greendale Police Department media summary for the week of June 29-July 5:

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  • A traffic stop at 60th Street and Ramsey Avenue led to one woman arrested on two bail commitments and a man later arrested for domestic violence – battery at a residence in Oak Creek at 1:30 a.m. June 29.
  • A woman, who concealed items with a theft detection-shielding device, was arrested for shoplifting at H&M Clothing in Southridge Mall at 7:40 p.m. July 5. The woman also had a warrant for her arrest through the Brown Deer Police Department. Three days earlier, another woman with a similar device was arrested for shoplifting from the same location.
  • A woman was arrested for felony retail theft and carrying a concealed weapon at Boston Store in Southridge Mall at 7:40 p.m. July 5.
  • A woman was arrested for underage possession of alcohol in the 5600 block of Broad Street just before midnight July 4.
  • One woman suffered a broken nose and another was arrested for battery and disorderly conduct after they fought at The Children’s Place at Southridge Mall at 5 p.m. July 2.
  • A woman, who had been warned back in May by Greendale police about texting another woman, was arrested for unlawful use of a telephone for sending threatening texts again June 30.
  • A man was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon after a traffic stop in the 8200 block of West Grange Avenue on June 30.


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