Plymouth officer helps reverse woman's heroin overdose

SHEBOYGAN - A Plymouth police officer’s quick actions may have helped reverse a Milwaukee woman’s heroin overdose this weekend.

According to the criminal complaint:

By the time the officer arrived at the scene Sunday, Maxine Sherri Primeau was already passed out and blue in the face. It appeared the 27-year-old woman wasn’t breathing, and paramedics hadn’t arrived yet. So the officer administered a full vial of Narcan, a drug antidote that’s been known to reverse overdoses.

About a minute later, according to a written report detailing the situation, the woman sprang into a seated position. She appeared alert but confused by what was going on around her.

Previous court documents list a Plymouth address for Primeau, but more recent records show she lives on Milwaukee’s northeast side.

The officer noticed a syringe cap sitting atop a TV tray near the side of the bed where the woman had been. A syringe was on the floor next to the dresser, and a wet cotton swab was matted to a metal spoon. The officer tested the swab, and it showed a positive match for heroin.

Later, the woman told police she and another man — the father of their 4-year-old daughter — had bought about $30 worth of heroin and another $20 of cocaine from the man’s dealer in Milwaukee.

A search of court records online Tuesday afternoon showed the man hasn’t been charged in the drug-related case, at least not yet. USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin isn’t naming him as no charges have been filed.

Primeau said their child was in the backseat while the man drove them from Milwaukee to Plymouth. She said that, at the time, the man was showing signs of drug use, which caused her concern as he was driving.

The woman is now facing a felony charge for narcotic drug possession. She’s also facing two misdemeanor charges for drug paraphernalia possession and child neglect. The felony carries a penalty up to one and a half years in prison and two years on extended supervision, and up to a $10,000 fine. The misdemeanors both carry lighter sentences.