WOMAN ACCUSED OF USING HEROIN IN FRONT OF DAUGHTER

Village of Hartland - A 27-year-old woman is facing possible charges
for allegedly using heroin in front of her young daughter. Police are
recommending the woman be charged by the Waukesha County District
Attorney's Office with child neglect.

According to the police report, the woman's 8-year-old daughter told
police that she had seen her mother use a syringe numerous times,
including one time about a month ago at a McDonald's restaurant in Milwaukee.

The girl told police her mother took her into the restroom and made
her watch the bathroom door as she injected a needle into her arm
while sitting in a stall, the report said.

The girl said she also saw her mother using a marijuana pipe at
various locations.

The woman also made the girl miss many days of school as she made the
girl stay home with her, the report said.

The woman was recently released from Rogers Memorial Hospital in
Oconomowoc Lake, where she was treated for substance abuse.

Waukesha County Human Services contacted police June 5 about the
allegations. A relative of the woman initially contacted Hartland
North Elementary School officials about the woman's alleged drug use.
The school then contacted Human Services.

Police questioned the woman, who admitted to using drugs in front of
her daughter, the report said.

The girl was removed from the woman's residence and is staying with
relatives, the report said.

The woman has not yet been charged.