Green Bay woman accused of giving drugs to hospitalized boyfriend, charged with homicide
According to a criminal complaint obtained by Local 5, 55-year-old Joelle Blaser is charged with homicide for her alleged role in the overdose death of her longtime boyfriend. Back on September 2, 2024, officers were sent to a rehabilitation center for a report of a man pulseless and breathless.
Relentless search for missing Wisconsin woman continues through dangerous terrain, officers share message
Staff at the center reportedly told authorities the man's significant other, identified as Blaser, was banned from the facility after allegedly giving him five Xanax a few days earlier.
The complaint included text messages between Blaser and the victim that police claim show Blaser referencing drugs. The autopsy of the victim was listed as 'combined drug toxicity', and the fentanyl level was confirmed to be significantly high.
On October 9, 2024 authorities spoke with Blaser. She said her and the victim were in a 14-year romantic relationship, the complaint said.
Blaser reportedly denied bringing the victim drugs while he was hospitalized.
On April 23, 2025, around 10:40 a.m., authorities took Blaser into custody. The complaint says Blaser admitted to leaving a bottle containing Xanax and fentanyl for the victim.
She allegedly said the victim was going through withdrawals and was apprehensive about bringing drugs to the hospital, the complaint said.
Blaser is charged with first degree reckless homicide and faces up to 60 years in prison.
FBI arrests a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities
Court records show she was in court on April 24 for her initial appearance. Her cash bond was set at $25,000. Blaser is set to be back in court on May 21 for her adjourned initial appearance.
No additional information was provided.
Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
New York Post
26 minutes ago
- New York Post
NY man harassed slain CEO Brian Thompson's mourning wife, leaving her vile voicemails night he was allegedly killed by Luigi Mangione: feds
An Upstate New York man was charged Wednesday with sending threatening voicemails to the wife of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson mere hours after his chilling murder on a Midtown sidewalk. Saratoga County resident Shane Daley, 40, gloated about Thompson's cold-blooded killing in three vile voicemails left on the work phone line of a Minnesota woman — who court papers make clear was Thompson's wife Paulette — on Dec.4, 2024, the night of his death. 'Your [family member] got lit the f–k up because he's a f–king asshole,' Daley said in one of the expletive-filled message, federal court papers allege. 'Profiting off the… backs of poor Americans.' Shane Daley harassed the family of slain healthcare CEO Brian Thompson just hours after his death, the feds say. Daley — who later conceded to an FBI agent that he'd been drinking when the calls were made — claimed in an unhinged message left three minutes later that Thompson's children deserved to die as well, according to a criminal complaint. Federal prosecutors in Albany and Manhattan did not identify the woman who received the calls by name, calling her 'Victim-1' in the filing. But the criminal complaint says that Daley, in his third voicemail that night, mocked Paulette Thompson's statement calling her husband 'an incredibly loving, generous, talented man who truly lived life to the fullest and touched so many lives.' 'The caller was mocking Victim-1's public statement regarding Thompson's murder,' the complaint reads. The Galway, NY man yet again called the mourning woman on the night of Dec.7, leaving a final voicemail wishing the Thompson family suffering and reiterating that the killed CEO 'deserved to f–king die,' court papers alleged. The feds traced the profane voicemails to Daley's phone, and an FBI agent who interviewed him recognized his voice from the messages, the criminal complaint reads. Thompson was fatally shot in Midtown on Dec. 4, 2024, on the morning of UnitedHealthcare's annual investor conference. Matthew McDermott Daley initially denied making the calls, but later 'asserted that he'd been drinking during that period and conceded that it was possible that he made such calls,' court papers say. Daley faces up to five years in prison if convicted of one count of felony cyberstalking. He made his first appearance in Albany federal court Wednesday afternoon in front of USMagistrate Judge Daniel J. Stewart. It was not immediately clear whether he had entered a plea. His attorney didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Luigi Mangione, 27, was charged with Thompson's murder after a dramatic, days-long manhunt. Mangione is fatally shooting Thompson at close range on the morning of UnitedHealthcare's annual investor conference in what prosecutors call a targeted 'act of terror' meant to prompt public outcry about what the accused killer says is a predatory healthcare industry. He has pleaded not guilty. Christopher Raia, who runs the FBI's New York office, said in a statement Wednesday that 'the recurrent calls and messages in the days following Brian Thompson's murder were more than callous and cold-hearted harassment – they were threatening and terrified a family already suffering following the violent death of their loved one.' 'The FBI will continue to bring to justice any individual attempting to stalk and harass innocent Americans,' Raia said. Acting US Attorney for the Northern District John Sarcone, and interim US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton said in a joint statement that their offices collaborated on Daley's case.
UPI
27 minutes ago
- UPI
FBI returns stolen 500-year-old Hernan Cortes manuscript to Mexico
U.S. investigators located a stolen and nearly 500-year-old document written and signed by conquistador Hernan Cortes and returned it to the Mexican government, the FBI announced on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of the FBI Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A stolen manuscript written by notorious Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortés in 1527 has been returned to the Mexican government, the FBI announced on Wednesday. The manuscript was written on parchment and signed by Cortés with an indicated date of Feb. 20, 1527. "This is an original manuscript page that was actually signed by Hernan Cortez," FBI special agent Jessica Dittmer said in a news release. The manuscript "outlines the payment of pesos of common gold for expenses in preparation for discovery of the spice lands," Dittmer said. "It gives a lot of flavor as to the planning and preparation for uncharted territory back then," she added. Dittmer is a member of the FBI's Art Crime Team and part of the joint FBI-New York Police Department Major Theft Task Force. The document likely was stolen sometime between 1985 and October 1993, but investigators recovered and returned it to the Mexican government, according to the FBI. The document contains a wax numbering that archivists used between 1985 and 1986, which helped investigators to narrow the timeline for its theft. It was part of a larger collection, which caretakers with Mexico's national archives in October 1993 discovered was missing 15 pages, including the just-returned manuscript. Mexican authorities last year sought the FBI's help in recovering the manuscript. Investigators with the FBI, NYPD and the office of the U.S. Attorney for Southern New York determined the document was located within the continental United States and tracked down its location. The investigative team "worked through additional logistical steps to ensure that all the stakeholders formerly and currently in possession of the manuscript page received all necessary information to prepare for our seizure of the document," Dittmer said. Those steps included having all former and current stakeholders sign away their claims to the document, which enabled the FBI to take legal possession, verify its authenticity and return it to its rightful owners in Mexico. The document has exchanged many hands since it went missing, so no charges will be filed against past stakeholders, according to the FBI. It's the second such document created by Cortés that the FBI has located and returned to Mexico. The bureau in July 2023 returned a letter that details the purchase of rose sugar that Cortés wrote in the 16th century. Cortés is a significant and controversial historical figure who explored Central America and defeated the Aztec empire leader Montezuma, resulting in Spanish King Charles I making Cortés the governor of New Spain (Mexico) in 1522. Rock musician Neil Young in 1975 wrote and recorded a song about the conquistador, "Cortez the Killer," with his band, Crazy Horse. The song remains a staple of Young's live performances.
Fox News
40 minutes ago
- Fox News
FBI investigating midair brawl that forced Breeze Airways flight to divert
The FBI is investigating after a sky-high brawl broke out Wednesday morning on a Breeze Airways flight from Virginia to California. Breeze flight MX704, which was headed from Norfolk International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, diverted to Grand Junction Regional Airport in Colorado after a passenger onboard "initiated a physical altercation with other guests and flight attendants," the airline told Fox News Digital. Grand Junction Police Department officials told Fox News Digital that an intoxicated male passenger "became agitated," and started "yelling racist slurs at airline staff while waving a skateboard." Airline staff placed the man in restraints twice, but he was able to break free both times, police said. While the airline told Fox News Digital one flight attendant and one guest were evaluated for minor injuries, police said no injuries were reported to law enforcement. When the plane landed, the passenger was taken into custody by the Grand Junction Police Department at the direction of the FBI and remains at the Mesa County Detention Facility. "This is an ongoing investigation and any further information and charges will be released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation," the department wrote in a statement. Breeze Airways is a U.S.-based low-cost airline that was launched in May 2021 by JetBlue founder David Neeleman. The carrier offers nonstop flights to about 70 locations, including smaller airports that would normally require layovers. "Our focus now is on taking care of our Crew and remaining Guests who have been unfairly inconvenienced by this unfortunate event and getting them safely to their final destination as quickly as possible," the airline wrote in a statement. Breeze offers four different fare options that the company said "reflect our commitment to kindness," including "No Flex," "Nice," "Nicer" and "Nicest." Certain flights start at less than $40 per ticket. FBI Denver did not immediately respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital.
