Joelle Blaser (Photo source: Brown County Jail)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Joelle Blaser pleaded not guilty Monday for allegedly delivering a fatal overdose of pills to her partner at a medical rehabilitation facility.
Blaser, 56, entered the plea June 19 to one count of first-degree reckless homicide for death of a man, identified in the criminal complaint by his initials, R.G. No trial date was set. She returns to court July 11 for a status conference, court records show.
Also Monday, a judge reduced her bond from $25,000 cash to $10,000 cash, court records indicate.
According to the criminal complaint, R.G. was found unresponsive Sept. 2 at the Green Bay Rehabilitation Center, 1110 Kepler Dr. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
A search of his phone led to messages exchanged with Blaser and a supplier about getting him some drugs.
According to the criminal complaint, Blaser admitted that before being kicked out of the hospital:
“(S)he left R.G. a Tylenol PM bottle containing Xanax and fentanyl. Initially she admitted to Xanax, but then upon further questioning stated, “Yeah, there was probably some (expletive) in there. I know there was.” I asked her if it was fentanyl and she responded, “More than likely.” Blaser described R.G. as going through withdrawals and telling her he needed something.”
R.G.’s death was caused by “the combined drug toxicity of ethanol, fentanyl, heroin, oxycodone, oxymorphone, and trazadone,” the complaint states.
The supplier also faces charges in the case.
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