Pleasant Prairie Nurse Charged With Felony Drug Possession After Domestic Dispute — Mugshot Post Sparks Wild Facebook Comment War

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PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. — A Pleasant Prairie nurse appeared in court Tuesday on felony drug and domestic violence-related charges, where Court Commissioner William “Bargain Bail Billy” Michel II set bail at just $150.

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  1. All the Judges need to be replaced… they just keep allowing this people out on small $$$’s and they just do more harm to people

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    1. … but a full monthly beauty pageant vote !
      Each mug shot gets a vote on a whole list of possibilities !
      Just like in your high school yearbook.
      1. Most beautiful
      2. Most not beautiful
      3. Most likely to reoffend
      4. Most likely to actually go straight
      (criminally not sexually)
      5. Most likely to skip bail

      The list goes on and on ……..

    1. You sure do have a thing for criminals don’t ya? First the teacher abusing her students now the druggie with drawn on lashes. How are you still single when you’ve set the bar so low?????

  2. I guess I have a couple of questions. Does the pill bottle have her Aunt’s name on it? And if it was her Aunt’s seems kinda weird to be carrying around the whole bottle with you. I’ve been on pain medication in the past, and I never carried the bottle with me.
    The place where she works is a complete shithole. I had a relative in there for rehab. I don’t even want to relive how horrible it was for them. My other question is, will the police investigate if there is missing pills from her place of employment? If the pills turn out not to be her Aunt’s, they had to come from somewhere. And I would truly hate to think that someone’s loved one was laying in a bed in pain because someone was taking their medication to support their own habit. If that would turn out to be the case.

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    1. Maybe her aunt forgot them on the car? With 7 screaming children, you might forget a thing or two. Why does Kenosha treat women so poorly?

      1. None of her aunts have 7 screaming children. Not only are the children of her any of her aunts all adults, none of them have 7. I appreciate devil advocates, but this statement is invalid

          1. Not angry, just letting you know. Could have given a ride. Dropped bottle. But that could easily be verified if bottle had label. Didn’t say was in possession of a prescription that isn’t hers. Just in possession of 32 pills that are not hers. If there was a label, she wouldn’t have had to say that.

      1. HIPPA has not been violated. If pills were hers, wouldn’t even be an issue. The only way HIPPA would be violated is if doctor, pharmacist, nurse, etc, named the person prescription allegedly belongs to and verified yes or no. HIPPA doesn’t apply here. If you call my doctor and they released info without authorization. Yes. Ask my neighbor, mailman, or the cashier etc…they can tell you everything they know. Unless there is a NDA, no violation.

  3. This young lady is extremely evil. She needs to be locked up.
    What she did to her own mother is disgusting.
    The fact that she is also trying to say those weren’t her pills in the car, and blaming it on a family member shows her character.

    1. God forbid I have a family member pickup my RX. Because my tires were slashed by a compulsive liar whose Ana was the daughter since 1 year old..

  4. Notice the only thing she was worried was her looks? I don’t know where these pills came from but she has been disciplined for several occurrences and quite the amount of taking patients oxycodone, hydrcodone, hydromorphone, and tramadal. Not “i heard from someone that heard it from someone else” gossip. Public record. I would share screenshots but apparently I can’t. You can find it online. Something regarding wisconsin nurses…. I’ll see if I can get the link. But I’m sure with the right keywords you can find it.

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  5. You’re in violation of HIPPA here. I noticed on Kenosha busted , the comment section is disabled. This website could be suspended too for Federal non- compliance.I mean what other communities allow informants traffick dangerous drugs to elementary school students or younger? And reward the informants with privileges of immunity, fleet of cars and real estate when a family who they have a grudge against is hit? And then makeup all sorts of statues, not even addressing the dopeman in the picture.?

    1. ?????
      HIPAA violation?
      No violations on by anyone. No person was named with personal medical info. Plz explain why you believe that. Maybe I am missing something. If I am wrong, I have no problem being corrected. But as of now I fail to see anything related to HIPAA.

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