GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – She told police that drug users are allowed to stay at her home, right before the Green Bay woman was arrested on Tuesday.
37-year-old Melissa L. Billings is facing three charges, including felonies for maintaining a drug trafficking place and possession of methamphetamine.
According to the criminal complaint, Green Bay police were called to an apartment in the 1100 block of University Avenue just before 9 p.m. for a 911 hang up. Cops responded to that apartment earlier Tuesday for a suicidal male.
When officers arrived, they met with Billings, her 9-year-old son and another man who had a warrant out for his arrest. He’s been identified as 29-year-old David J. Hoskins, who’s wanted for multiple theft charges and drug possession.
Hoskins was searched by the cops, who found a pill bottle belonging to someone else. That man was the person who attempted suicide earlier that day.
Hoskins admitted to police that he picked up the meds from him. The date on that bottle shows it was filled that day with 15 Hydrocodone pills. When the bottle was opened, there were just 8 Hydrocodone pills, along with two different pills. Those pills were later identified as Amphetamine.
Cops looked around the living room and saw signs of drug use, including cut beverage straws on the table along with empty gam bags and corner bags. They also noticed, “Sub-standard living conditions in the apartment. Dirty dishes were piled up in the sink and garbage was overflowing onto the floor with cockroaches.” There was also no food or water for the dog and 2 cats living there.
Officers said the boy told them he made himself oatmeal and cereal that day, but said they didn’t have any milk. There was also not really anything in the refrigerator. The boy took one cop to his bedroom, where there were no sheets on the bed and no clothes for him. Billings claimed that his clothes were in a garbage bag in her room and she hadn’t had time to unpack.
The complaint states that one officer, “Observed uncapped needles lying on the floor, and a used crack or meth pipe underneath the couch.”
Both officers believe the adults in the room appeared to be under the influence of narcotics, and that both had pinpoint pupils.
Billings told police that the people, “She allows to stay at her apartment are supposed to be helping out with bills and clean the apartment.” Billings also denied using drugs and said the paraphernalia seen belonged to those people. She also admitted to allowing strangers to come to her apartment to use drugs.
Billing stood up from a chair she was sitting in, when an officer noticed a clear plastic gem bag that contained a, “Crystal-like substance.” After it was tested, the substance was confirmed to be methamphetamine, weighing about 0.5 grams.
Hoskins told another office that the drugs in his pill bottle wasn’t filled by him, but by Billings for her boyfriend. Both of them went to a local pharmacy and filled 2 or 3 prescriptions. Hoskins asked Billings if he could have some pills for personal use, and Billings gave him some pills he believed was a, “Pain killer like Vicodin.”
Billings is due back in Brown County Circuit Court on February 17 for an adjourned initial appearance. If convicted on all counts, she faces about 7 years in prison.
Hoskins is next due to appear in court on February 11 for the theft charges, and February 26 on drug charges.
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