WAUKESHA COUNTY (WITI) -- One of five people charged in connection with a meth bust in Pewaukee has been sentenced.
Norman Thomas
50-year-old Norman Thomas pleaded guilty to a felony charge of possession of methamphetamine. Two other charges (maintaining a drug trafficking place and possession of drug paraphernalia) were dismissed as a result of that guilty plea.
On Monday, February 16th, Thomas was sentenced to one year and six months in prison, and one year and six months of extended supervision with credit for 240 days served.
As for the others charged in this case, 33-year-old Michael Seibert pleaded guilty to a felony charge of possession of methamphetamine. A possession of drug paraphernalia charge was dismissed. Seibert was sentenced to 20 days in jail -- straight time, with credit for 13 days served.
46-year-old Kimberlee Puls pleaded guilty to a felony possession of methamphetamine charge -- and two charges (possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a drug trafficking place) were dismissed. Puls was ordered to serve 134 days in jail -- straight time, with credit for 134 days.
18-year-old Bonnie Thomas pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia charge. She was ordered to serve four days in jail -- straight time, with credit for four days served.
44-year-old Brandy Leeper is the last of those charged in this case. She has yet to have her case resolved. She faces two felony charges: possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine and maintaining a drug trafficking place.
Leeper has a jury trial set to begin in March 2015.
According to the criminal complaint filed in this case, a postal inspector was tipped off that drugs were being shipped across the country through the mail. That's when the officer got a search warrant, intercepted the package, and searched it.
"It appears as though the packages were coming from California, and they were using some of the meth as well as distributing it," said Sargent Jeffrey Lenius, Pewaukee Police Department.
Officials say the contents tested positive for meth, so they got a warrant to search the house it was shipped to. Inside, police found drug paraphernalia and more packages.
Neighbor Renee Gordon, watched the massive drug bust near her normally quiet lake home.
"We heard three loud percussion grenades," said Gordon. "Thank God the police intervened."
Once inside police made another discovery, a two-year-old child.
"It's heartbreaking to see a two-year-old child in this kind of environment. Dirty, completely disorganized, and with this type of drug activity going on," said Lenius.
The two-year-old was taken into custody by Child Protective Services.
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