Mom, son charged with running drug house in Port

A mother and her son whose Port Washington home was raided by authorities last week have been charged in Ozaukee County Circuit Court with running a drug house across the street from St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

When officers searched the house at 110 E. Van Buren St., which is owned by Sandra J. Koziol, 58, they found a safe containing a significant amount of marijuana and $7,700 cash in the basement where her son Blaine G. Koziol, 23, lives with his girlfriend. Methamphetamine was found in his mother’s bedroom, according to a criminal complaint.

In addition to maintaining a drug trafficking place, Sandra Koziol is charged with possession of methamphetamine, also a felony, and misdemeanor bail jumping.

Blaine Koziol is also charged with maintaining a drug trafficking place as well as possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, both felonies. 

Austyn R. Wolford, 24, who lived at the house, is charged with misdemeanor counts of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. 

The Ozaukee County Anti-Drug Task Force began investigating the Koziols after receiving reports they were selling drugs from their house. Authorities who took and inspected bags of garbage left at the curb in front of the house found they contained evidence of drug activity involving heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine, the complaint states.

At 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, authorities set off a flash-bang, or stun, grenade outside the house, then entered the home to find Blaine Koziol and his girlfriend in the basement, where he said they lived. 

Sandra Koziol was not home, and Wolford came home as authorities were searching the house.

In Sandra Koziol’s upstairs bedroom, authorities found a glass pipe and bong, methamphetamine residue on a mirror and bags commonly used in drug deals, according to the complaint.

In Wolford’s bedroom they found bongs, marijuana and BHO, or butane hash oil, wax, a concentrated form of cannabis extract that contains the active ingredient in marijuana, the complaint states.

In the basement, where Blaine Koziol lived, authorities found pipes, bongs, BHO wax, a digital scale with marijuana residue on it and a money counter, according to the complaint.

The safe, which was  in a basement closet, contained $7,706 in cash, 43.2 grams of marijuana and BHO wax.

An inspection of Blaine Koziol’s cell phone revealed multiple messages about drug deals, the complaint states.

He has been released from the county jail in lieu of $5,000 bail. Ozaukee County Circuit Judge Steve Cain ordered him not to possess or use controlled substances or have contact with his mother or Wolford. 

Cain set Wolford’s bail at $500. Because he is charged as a repeat offender, he would face enhanced penalties if convicted.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Sandra Koziol.

She is charged with bail jumping because at the time of the raid of her house she was free on bail on misdemeanor charges filed in July of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and second-offense operating while intoxicated, according to court records.