Milwaukee County Jail incident, man hospitalized: sheriff

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man who was going by way of the reserving course of on the Milwaukee County Jail was taken to the hospital Saturday morning, April 30.

In line with the sheriff’s workplace, the 30-year-old had a “white powdery substance” on his individual and an “abnormality” beneath his garments when the method started.

The person eliminated two “small baggies” from his clothes, inflicting extra white powdery substance to fall onto his arms and the ground. He then started to lick his arms, the sheriff’s workplace stated, and “was secured to a reserving space bench.” 

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Minutes later, the person seemed to be having a seizure in line with officers. It was suspected that he ingested a number of the substance. Rescue personnel started life-saving efforts, and he was taken to a hospital emergency room the place he stays “unconscious and beneath medical care.”

The incident started round 10 a.m., and lasted round 40 minutes. The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Division is investigating.

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