MONROE — Two rural Brodhead residents face felony charges after their deal to share some heroin led one to overdose in December, according to criminal complaints filed in Green County Circuit Court.
Marianne Frences Zubek, 53, is charged with a Class E felony count of delivering narcotics as a second or subsequent offense, a Class G felony count of recklessly endangering safety and a Class I felony count of maintaining a drug-trafficking place as a second or subsequent offense. She also faces a felony charge of possessing narcotics and a misdemeanor charge of possessing drug paraphernalia.
Hunter Ray Palmer, 24, is charged with a Class I felony count of possessing narcotics as a second or subsequent offense and a misdemeanor count of possessing drug paraphernalia.
Palmer has signed a $2,000 signature bond in his case. Zubek signed a $5,000 signature bond.
Court records show Zubek and Palmer live at the same address in the N2300 block of Brodhead Airport Road, Town of Spring Grove. The charges against them stem from an incident at the residence on Dec. 14.
According to the criminal complaints:
EMS medics were dispatched to the home that afternoon and arrived to find Palmer unconscious and Zubek “nodding in and out of consciousness.” A third person at the residence had called for emergency medical help.
It took four doses of the opioid reversal drug Narcan to revive Palmer and maintain his breathing.
Green County deputies got a search warrant for the residence and found a “freshly used needle and syringe” in the basement bathroom and small amount of white powder suspected to be heroin underneath a rug.
Zubek later told investigators she had arranged for heroin to be delivered to the home for Palmer and got some of the drug in exchange for setting up the transaction.
A deputy noted that Zubek was “incredibly emotional,” broke down into tears and said she was ashamed of her drug use and wanted to stop using.
“Marianne and I discussed options she seemed interested in, such as relocating closer to family, joining a church organization and Alcoholics Anonymous,” the deputy wrote.