Megan Spychalski,Daryl Griffin are charged with first-degree reckless homicide and face up to 40 years in prison.
Megan Spychalski, 20, of West Allis, and Daryl Griffin, 51, of Milwaukee are charged in Grabowski's death.Bryan Grabowski went to sleep on a futon in his girlfriend's bedroom Monday and never woke up.body bore a single but, for police, all too familiar mark: a small puncture wound on his right arm between the bicep and forearm. Spychalski is charged with selling Grabowski the heroin that killed him. Griffin is charged with selling Spychalski the heroin she sold to her friend. Both are charged with first-degree reckless homicide and face up to 40 years in prison.
According to the criminal complaints:Grabowski, 21, lived in Florida and was staying with Spychalski while visiting family and friends in Wisconsin.Spychalski told investigators that she began injecting heroin in November. On Monday, a day after Grabowski arrived in West Allis, he asked her if she would buy some for him.Spychalski called Griffin, picked him up and together they drove to a gas station on Milwaukee's north side. Griffin came out of the gas station with half a gram of heroin for her and half a gram for himself. She paid him $100.Griffin shot up as Spychalski drove him back to the city's south side. After she dropped him off, she drove a few blocks, pulled over and shot up.She told investigators the heroin was stronger than she was used to and she immediately threw up.Spychalski drove home and sold Grabowski what was left of her half gram. She left to get groceries, and when she returned, Grabowski was high. They went for a walk. Grabowski took the hypodermic needle he had used, broke it in half and threw it into someone's yard.
They came home. Grabowski went to sleep.On Thursday, Spychalski, cooperating with police, called Griffin and told him she wanted to buy more heroin.They met in a car at S. 49th St. and W. National Ave. Police recorded their conversation."My guy wants to know if it's the same stuff as last time," Spychalski told Griffin."It's better," he said.
According to the criminal complaints:Grabowski, 21, lived in Florida and was staying with Spychalski while visiting family and friends in Wisconsin.Spychalski told investigators that she began injecting heroin in November. On Monday, a day after Grabowski arrived in West Allis, he asked her if she would buy some for him.Spychalski called Griffin, picked him up and together they drove to a gas station on Milwaukee's north side. Griffin came out of the gas station with half a gram of heroin for her and half a gram for himself. She paid him $100.Griffin shot up as Spychalski drove him back to the city's south side. After she dropped him off, she drove a few blocks, pulled over and shot up.She told investigators the heroin was stronger than she was used to and she immediately threw up.Spychalski drove home and sold Grabowski what was left of her half gram. She left to get groceries, and when she returned, Grabowski was high. They went for a walk. Grabowski took the hypodermic needle he had used, broke it in half and threw it into someone's yard.
They came home. Grabowski went to sleep.On Thursday, Spychalski, cooperating with police, called Griffin and told him she wanted to buy more heroin.They met in a car at S. 49th St. and W. National Ave. Police recorded their conversation."My guy wants to know if it's the same stuff as last time," Spychalski told Griffin."It's better," he said.
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