Man accused of threatening officers faces felony charges

An 18-year-old Grafton man suspected of selling drugs and accused of threatening to kill and injure officers and health care workers after his car broke down on I-43 last month faces felony charges in Ozaukee County Circuit Court.

Wesley M. Glander was charged last week with threatening to cause bodily harm to law enforcement officers, threatening to cause bodily harm to health care providers and possession with intent to deliver cocaine, as well as misdemeanor counts of possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance and resisting an officer.

According to a criminal complaint, the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office received a report at 3:25 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, of a gray Audi sedan hitting a mailbox on Columbia Road in the Town of Cedarburg and driving off. 

About 40 minutes later, deputy Jonathan Chang was sent to check on a disabled car on northbound I-43 near Highway 32 in the Town of Grafton and arrived to find an Audi sedan with a flat tire. The driver of the car was Glander, and when Chang asked him if he hit a mailbox earlier, Glander said he thought he had struck a garbage can. Glander said he was on his way to work, but later said he was on his way to a friend’s house, the complaint states.

Chang noticed the strong odor of a masking agent and perhaps the faint smell of marijuana in the car and asked Glander if there was anything illegal in the vehicle. After Glander said there was a marijuana vaping pen in the car, Grafton police officer Melissa Jacobs and the department’s dog arrived. The dog indicated there were controlled substances in the vehicle, according to the complaint.

Before putting Glander in the back of his patrol vehicle, Chang patted him down and found cash folded around a small bag of a white powdery substance and additional bags in his pants pocket, the complaint states.

As officers were searching the car, Glander began kicking the divider inside the patrol vehicle and tried to kick out the window. He told Jacobs, “Y’all (expletive) impound my car, I’ll kill every one of you,” according to the complaint.

He also made reference to spitting on Jacobs in the past and threatened to do it again. According to the complaint, Glander was arrested as a juvenile in February 2025 during an incident in which he resisted officers, had to be placed in a body wrap restraint and spit in Jacobs’ face. 

During his most recent arrest, Glander repeatedly said he wanted to fight officers, adding, “As soon as I get out of here, you’re (expletive) dead, on my life,” the complaint states.

Glander was placed in a body wrap restraint, then, after making suicidal comments, was taken to Aurora Medical Center in Grafton. At the hospital, he threatened health care workers trying to examine him, telling one of them, “If you try and draw blood from me, I will (expletive) hit you,” according to the complaint.

At one point, Glander demanded to speak to his mother, and while officers were trying to contact her he said, “If I don’t call my mom in the next five minutes, this place is getting shot up.” He also said he owned a handgun and planned to shoot himself with it, the complaint states.

Glander continuously tried to free himself from the body restraint, and while struggling with officers, two bags containing a white powdery substance and loose pills fell out of his sock. The powder tested positive for cocaine and the pills were alprozolam, a controlled substance best know by its brand name Xanax, used to treat anxiety, and hydrocondone/acetaminophen, a prescription painkiller, according to the complaint.

Deputy Michael Zilke counted the cash found when Glander was arrested and determined it totaled $1,115 and noticed it was separated into various denominations ranging from $20s to $1s. He said the amount of cash, the variety of drugs and the empty zip-top baggies found indicated Glander intended to sell the drugs rather than use them, according to the complaint.  

During a Sept. 29 court hearing, Ozaukee County Circuit Judge Steve Cain set bail for Glander at $10,000 and ordered him not to possess guns or other dangerous weapons and not to have contact with Chang or Jacobs. He has since posted bail to be released from jail.