Apr. 28, 2022 8:15p
From WGTD News:
A Kenosha jury has acquitted a man of a charge of reckless homicide in the drug-related death of a woman whose body was found in a Town of Paris motel over a year ago. Nicholas Siniard of Muskego had been looking at a prison term of up to 40 years in the death of Reva Lesko and had been in jail awaiting trial since June of last year. The not guilty verdict Thursday came after about three hours of deliberations. According to the criminal complaint, Lesko had been battling addiction and was staying at the Paris Motel. Her parents found her body on the bathroom floor after having gone there out of concern for her welfare. An autopsy revealed the presence of six different drugs, prompting the medical examiner to rule that the death was due to "Acute Mixed Drug Toxicity." Investigators tied Siniard to the death after examining Lesko's phone. Siniard was accused of supplying heroin and fentanyl. During her closing statement Thursday, defense attorney Toni Young argued that the prosecution did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the heroin and fentanyl that were found in Lesko's body actually came from the defendant. She also questioned whether the two drugs were the primary causes of her death.
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Kenosha County Public Health is now supplying fentanyl test strips to people who receive Narcan training. The county this week accepted delivery of a supply of 2,000 test strips that it ordered recently, after they were made legal in Wisconsin under a state law change that took effect in March. Of the 53 toxicity deaths in Kenosha County last year, 40 involved the presence of fentanyl or a fentanyl anolog. As of late, many drugs on the street have been found to be laced with fentanyl, a powerful opioid that can cause a deadly overdose for those who use even a very small amount. The free test strips will be available at tomorrow's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day locations in Kenosha County. Those locations can be found on the Drug Enforcement Administration's website. Go to dea-dot-gov-slash-takebackday.
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The involvement of two women who were charged Thursday in connection with the case of a Racine fugitive wanted for murder is detailed in a pair of criminal complaints. 30-year-old Alicia Sykes and 34-year-old Carmelita Walker are both facing a charge of harboring or aiding a felon. The pair gave Terry Jackson a ride to Texas after Jackson was accused earlier this year of attacking Brittany Booker and Jackson's estranged girlfriend with a hammer. Weeks later, Jackson then allegedly went on to kill Booker. Her body was found in her car last Sunday. Sykes told police that Jackson is her cousin, and both Sykes and Walker said they are afraid of him. Earlier this week, a third woman was accused of giving Jackson a lift to Chicago after the murder. Jackson remains on the run. A $2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his arrest.