Three drug search warrants result in six arrests in Grantsburg

Three drug search warrants conducted by the Burnett County Sheriff's Office resulted in six arrests and the seizure of methamphetamine and marijuana on Wednesday.

According to a news release from the sheriff's office, the warrants were conducted simultaneously in the Village of Grantsburg around 10:10 a.m.

The warrants were obtained based on information gathered from an investigation into drug trafficking in the Grantsburg area.

The arrested parties are 56-year-old Rita Wenzel (delivery of methamphetamine); 65-year-old Larry Kruger (possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia); 59-year-old Orval Simon (possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, violating a restraining order, and felony bail jumping); 64-year-old Daniel Blahowski (possession of methamphetamine, THC, and drug paraphernalia, delivery of

methamphetamine, maintaining a drug trafficking place, possessing drugs

within 1,000 feet of a park, and resisting an officer); 31-year-old Dominique Fleckner (possession of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and THC, and child

neglect by exposing a child to drug abuse); and 47-year-old Bradley Belisle (possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, and child neglect by exposing a child to drug

abuse).

The Grantsburg Police Department, Siren Police Department and Burnett County Human Services assisted with the cases.