Crime & Safety
Trial Date Set In Drug Overdose Homicide Case
Former Waukesha resident Ian Michael Jeske will stand trial in March for selling pills to a Pewaukee man who later overdosed and died.
A former Waukesha resident facing homicide charges under the state’s Len Bias law, will stand trial in March for his role in the death of a Pewaukee man.
Ian Michael Jeske, 27, is scheduled to stand trial March 13 for allegedly selling a prescription pill that led to the overdose death of David A. Gapinski. The date was set Wednesday after Jeske appeared in Milwaukee County Circuit Court along with a final pre-trial hearing scheduled for Jan. 23.
According to the criminal complaint, Jeske sold Oxycodone to Gapinski in January after they went to a Milwaukee gas station so Jeske could get the pills from another person. He sold the pills to Gapinski and another person and made a $10 profit from the transaction.
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Gapinski later overdosed and died in his apartment in the 300 block of Morris Street.
Jeske is charged with one count of first-degree reckless homicide, which carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and $100,000 in fines if convicted.
