Calls from jail lead cops to accused meth dealers

When a suspected Town of Grafton drug dealer went to jail, his girlfriend took over his business, but the instructions he gave her from behind bars landed them both in jail last week facing multiple felonies, according to a criminal complaint filed in Ozaukee County Circuit Court.

Nicholos Meyer and Nicole M. Jablonowski, both 46, were arrested Jan. 28 when authorities found significant amounts of methamphetamine, as well as the supplies for using and selling it, in their apartment on Pleasant Valley Road.

Meyer is being held in the Ozaukee County jail in lieu of $30,000 bail. Jablonowski is being held in lieu of $20,000.

According to the criminal complaint, on Nov. 21, 2024, the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office was notified by the Brown County Drug Task Force that Meyer had been selling methamphetamine to a suspect in one of its investigations. It was reported that Jablonowski had taken over Meyer’s drug business after he began serving time in the Ozaukee County jail  related to a previous case.

Ozaukee County authorities began monitoring recorded phone conversations Meyer had with Jablonowski while he was in jail, and during a Nov. 24 call Jablonowski told Meyer that his sister, who is on probation for running a drug house in Fond du Lac County, wanted some “bread,” the complaint states.

In subsequent phone conversations later that month, Meyer and Jablonowski discussed how much to charge his sister —mentioning prices that are consistent with the street values of methamphetamine and cocaine — as well as the availability and delivery of bread, who to contact about getting bread, not shorting customers and selling enough bread to pay the rent, according to the complaint.

Investigators believed that “bread” was a code word for drugs chosen by the couple because Jablonowski worked at a bakery.

Authorities obtained a warrant to place a GPS tracking device on Jablonowski’s GMC Yukon, which between Jan. 3 and Jan. 28 went to “known high-intensity drug areas” in Milwaukee, Jablonowski’s apartment and Fond du Lac near where Meyer’s sister lived, the complaint states.

Meyer was released from jail on Jan. 28 and was picked up by Jablonowski in her Yukon. The tracking device showed the couple went to their apartment and a bank in Grafton before driving to Slinger, a location in Fond du Lac near where Meyer’s sister lived and back to Ozaukee County.

The couple were detained by authorities at a Port Washington store and taken to their apartment, where authorities served a search warrant.

In the master bedroom, authorities found methamphetamine in various forms, bags used to package drugs for sale, a tourniquet, digital scale, syringes loaded with a liquid that tested positive for methamphetamine and glass smoking pipes. They also found a syringe that contained carfentanil, a significantly more potent derivative of fentanyl that is used to tranquilize large animals like elephants, according to the complaint.

In all, 16.3 grams of powder or crystal methamphetamine, 401 milliliters of a liquid containing methamphetamine and 10 milliliters of a liquid containing carfentanil were found in the apartment.

During an interview with investigators, Jablonowski initially denied using or selling methamphetamine, but when informed about the recorded phone calls from jail, she said she sent text messages to someone Meyer knows and that person picked the drugs up, the complaint states.

When authorities confronted Jablonowski about delivering methamphetamine to Meyer’s sister, she said she brought her Irish soda bread but later admitted to bringing her methamphetamine four or five times, according to the complaint.

Jablonowski said she typically snorts methamphetamine and Meyer injects it. She said they “hot railed” methamphetamine the day of their arrest, referring to heating the drug until it is red hot and inhaling the fumes. She said she knew Meyer sold methamphetamine and felt obligated to conduct drug deals for him while he was in jail, the complaint states.

Meyer told authorities he and Jablonowski moved in together after he was released from prison and he noticed from looking at her phone that she was buying drugs. When he got out of the Ozaukee County jail last week, he said, he saw all the methamphetamine in their apartment and couldn’t resist using it, according to the complaint.

Meyer said he recently received a $21,000 inheritance and deposited it into Jablonowski’s account so he wouldn’t be tempted to use the money to buy methamphetamine. He said his mother told him Jablonowski was using him and setting him up, but he didn’t think she was that sly, the complaint states.

When asked about his drug activity in Brown County, which resulted in the tip that started the Ozaukee County investigation, Meyer said he was the middle man and put a Milwaukee supplier in touch with a buyer from Green Bay, according to the complaint.

Meyer and Jablonowski are each charged with felony counts of conspiracy to possess with the intent to deliver methamphetamine, conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine and maintaining a drug trafficking vehicle, as well as misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

Jablonowski is also charged with maintaining a drug trafficking place and possession of narcotic drugs.

Meyer faces an additional charge of violating laws or rules while in jail.

Meyer, who was convicted in January 2022 of fleeing an officer in Washington County and possession of methamphetamine in June 2020 in Fond du Lac County, is charged in Ozaukee County as a repeat offender.

Jablonowski was convicted in December 2021 of possession of methamphetamine in Washington County, according to court records.