Crime & Safety

Report of Overdose Leads to Drug Arrest

Police saying little about 22-year-old Muskego man being arrested for possession of heroin.

Shorewood police are releasing little information on an apparent drug overdose Saturday that resulted in the arrest of a 22-year-old Muskego man for possession of heroin.

Police say they were called to a drug overdose at a residence in the 4300 block of North Wildwood Avenue and found the man in possession of heroin.

Shorewood police arrested the man, but later found there was a warrant for his arrest from the state Department of Corrections. After being medically cleared, he was taken to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility in Milwaukee.

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Shorewood Police Chief David Banaszynski wouldn't elaborate on the incident Monday.


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