A 50-year-old mother and her three adult children were arrested after police found heroin in a Waupaca home.
Denise M. Guantes, 50, was charged with possession of heroin with intent to deliver, maintaining a drug trafficking place, illegal possession of prescription drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. She remains in custody on a $10,000 cash bond.
April S. Guantes, 24, was charged with maintaining a drug trafficking place, illegal possession of prescription drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was released from custody on a $5,000 signature bond with the conditions that she live with her father in Milwaukee and comply with the juvenile proceedings regarding her three young children.
Augustine F. Guantes, 22, was charged with maintaining a drug trafficking place and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is in custody on a $2,000 cash bond.
Geronimo C. Guantes, 19, was charged with maintaining a drug trafficking place, illegal possession of prescription drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. He remains in custody on a $2,000 cash bond.
On July 13, a 911 caller in Waupaca reported that a woman living with her three adult children on the 500 block of Demarest Street picks up heroin in bulk two times a month from Milwaukee and sells it. The caller said they have guns in the house.
On July 20, Waupaca County sheriff’s deputies and Waupaca police executed a search warrant at the Demarest Street home.
As they entered Denise Guantes’ bedroom on the main floor, police said they saw her throw a dish between her bed and the wall.
Officers reported finding 2.5 grams of heroin, two digital scales, a roll of aluminum foil, foil bindles and a dish with white powdery residue in straight, parallel lines. They also found empty prescription pill bottles, morphine sulfate and oxycodone (opioids) in her room.
According to the criminal complaint, April Guantes was living in the basement with her three children, ages 5 months to 7 years old.
Officers reported finding a burnt piece of aluminum foil, which is commonly used for smoking controlled substances, as well as the prescription-only medications acetaminophen (pain reliever), propoxyphene (narcotic) and trazadone (sedative).
In Augustine Guantes’ bedroom, officers seized a .38 special handgun, a pot pipe and pot grinder.
In Geronimo Guantes’ bedroom, they reported finding two semi-automatic handguns, morphine sulfate and oxycodone.