Heroin charges filed after overdose
Waupaca police find woman on hotel floor
A couple staying at a Waupaca hotel face narcotics and child neglect charges after police responded to a reported heroin overdose.
Matthew A. Faude, 30, and Danielle J. Giwojna, 26, both of Withee, were charged with felony possession of narcotics, child neglect and possession of drug paraphernalia. Giwojna was charged with illegal possession of prescription drugs, and Faude was charged with possession of marijuana.
On Saturday, Dec. 5, Waupaca Police Officer Brett Rodenz was dispatched to Comfort Suites on Foxfire Drive in response to an ambulance call. When he entered the room, Rodenz saw Giwojna on the floor, not breathing, and Faude trying to resuscitate her.
According to the criminal complaint, Faude initially told Rodenz he did not know what type of drugs Giwojna had been using. He later said it was probably heroin.
Sgt. Kevin Studzinski and Deputy Bryan Strobusch, of the Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office, arrived to assist. While they were questioning Faude, he reportedly pulled out a red tube commonly known as a “snort tube,” and admitted to using heroin. Faude said he had been smoking marijuana as well, but could not find it on the table where he left it.
Later, Faude’s friend, who was staying in another room at the hotel, told police he had taken the marijuana so Faude would not get into trouble. He gave the marijuana to the officer.
On Dec. 6, after Giwojna was released from the hospital, Rodenz took her into custody for questioning.
She told him she had been in Waupaca Thursday through Saturday and admitted to injecting heroin on Friday and snorting it on Saturday.
A nurse at the jail reported finding two half pills of Subutex among Giwojna’s belongings. Giwojna told Rodenz she used the drug for coming off of heroin, the complaint says.
She also reportedly told Rodenz that while she was in the bathroom shooting up heroin, her 2-year-old son was in the other room, watching TV.
Faude told investigators their son was in the same room while they were snorting heroin.
Ridiculous! Grow the F up and be a parent or sign over custody to someone else.
Smh just smh…the power of this flipn drug…I wish we all had a magic wand to make it Goa
way!!!!
Lord, help these people.. They surely need you….
ITS OUR OWN GOVERNMENT THAT IS THE SCUMBAGS AND THE LOSERS.
“For over a decade, under multiple administrations, the U.S. government had a secret agreement with the ruthless Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed it to operate with impunity, an in-depth investigation by a leading Mexican newspaper confirmed this week. In exchange for information and assistance in quashing competing criminal syndicates, the Bush and Obama administrations let the Sinaloa cartel import tons of drugs into the United States while wiping out Sinaloa competitors and ensuring that its leaders would not be prosecuted for their long list of major crimes. Other revelations also point strongly to massive but clandestine U.S. government involvement in drug trafficking.”
Loosers! Oh lets do something knowing how deadly it is. Pathetic!
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All the poor littles..breaks my heart to imagine how sad their day to day lives are ….and the neglect and risks they face :'(
Plus his Goatee is on crooked…LOL
The addiction must be so very demonic to make them not care the baby was there. Breaks my heart for the little one.
The addiction must be so very demonic to make them not care the baby was there. Breaks my heart for the little one.
That drug is taking out alot of ppl
Sad when this happens.. Worse when it happens & people with no empathy or experience in the devastating drag it puts on an addict blab their bs !!
By the Grace of God it isn’t any of you or your kids or family/friends.
These words of destruction will do nothing to help so if you want to help…stfu.
Remember… There are family members going through hell with it all…look beyond the headlines & remember… THIS COULD EASILY BE ANYONE OF YOU.
GIVE SUPPORT….NOT HATE.
Get those druggies off the street
This country needs to start getting serious about this heroin problem. It seems near epidemic in Waupaca County all of the sudden.
Less critical comments would be nice but obviously the ppl making these comments do not understand addiction for starters…and I’m willing to bet 90% of them drink alcohol which is no better if you think about it .good people make poor choices…and trust and believe they live with the consequences
Lmao.. pretty sure alcohol is not even close to being as bad as heroine. And the fact that their child was in the same room makes it that much worse. Let someone else raise your child if you’re going to CHOOSE to do drugs. Yes, its an addiction and blah blah but you CHOOSE to do it for the first time which causes you to become addicted.
Agree Marsha, Seems as though we have alot of ” perfect people” on this site.
The take away from this should NOT be “lets see how hard we can bash these people.” It should be oh my god what can we do to make sure this doesn’t happen to my son daughter brother sister mother father friend etc. So take a step back look at your circle of family and friends make sure everyone is ok and educate yourself and other of the dangers and how you can help save someone’s life. Addiction IS A SERIOUS ILLNESS, quit being lazy and ignorant and judgmental and learn something. And stop being a bully. With that being said I hope these guys and their family and friends with find the help they need and will be able to being the healing process. You have my full support guys.I believe in you.
To everyone on this sight who wants to offer their negative comments, let me tell you this… Addiction is a daily struggle, its powerful and makes you do things that are way outside your normal character. It is also a joke how media can falsely portray a story and make people look like they are not worthy of understanding and compassion.
Everyone on this sight who feels the need to offer your harsh words and judgmental thoughts you just remember that judging someone else does not define who they are, it defines who you are. Grow up and show empathy and understanding for the everyone involved, those suffering from the disease and their families that are helping them through and if you don’t seem to have enough common sense to do that because your a low life human being then remember one word…. KARMA!