Woman allegedly sold dog food as heroin

Sheboygan Press Media

Dog food and aspirin may not be controlled substances, but one Plymouth woman's alleged attempt to pass them off as such have landed her behind bars.

Megan M. Meyer, 22, was charged with two counts of imitation of a controlled substance and one felony bail jumping count. With enhancers attached for repeat behavior, she could face a maximum of 12 years in prison.

While the fake drug deal occurred in November, she was initially picked up Monday for a probation hold relating to an overdose in Plymouth on Dec. 13, during which she garnered two other charges: one misdemeanor for drug paraphernalia possession and a felony bail jumping charge.

The bail jumping charges were the result of a deferred conviction agreement on two forgery charges approved in October.

According to the criminal complaints:

The Sheboygan County MEG unit set up a buy with Meyer through a confidential informant on Nov. 18. The informant told officers that Meyer had contacted the informant offering to sell a pill of Percocet for $35. After arranging the buy, Meyer increased the price of the pill to $50 and also offered to sell him some "boy," which is slang for heroin.

When the informant made contact with Meyer, she said that the heroin was a "dose and a half" and that she had to get the items out of her apartment before her probation officer arrived in 15 minutes. The transaction was made and the items were turned over to police. However, they were unable to identify the drugs as Percocet or heroin.

Meyer was later arrested along with Jerome Brost on a probation hold related to an overdose in Plymouth. After she was placed in a squad car, she asked another officer to retrieve her keys, phone and wallet from the center console of the car she was in.

While the officer did this, another officer noted needle caps on the floor of the car. The officer retrieving the phone found cotton balls associated with injections on top of Meyer's cell phone. A full search of the car then revealed elastic tie-offs used as torniquets in drug use and drug bindles -- one of which contained a white powdery substance -- apparently made out of ripped up pieces of the car's driver manual.

An interview with Brost confirmed that the two had gone to Milwaukee to buy heroin earlier in the day but that upon turning the corner to try and use the drugs, Meyer bumped Brost's hand, causing him to accidentally dump the drugs out, rendering them useless. Meyer confirmed that Brost had dropped the drugs, but said since he had organized the deal she should not get in trouble.

After the arrest, investigators also interviewed her about the November buy. Meyer said she sold the informant fake drugs -- namely dog food crushed up to look like heroin and aspirin in place of Percocet. She did so, she said, because the informant had stolen a car seat from her and Meyer wanted to get back at that person.