Waukesha Heroin Man Runs From Police, Tased

WAUKESHA, WI — A Waukesha man was arrested in Whitefish Bay after a traffic stop led to the man fleeing police, trying to run, getting tased, and admitting that he was a daily heroin user.

On Monday, May 29, Whitefish Bay Police Officers stopped a car driven by Jeremy Berra in the 4800 block of N. Navajo, in Glendale. Officers made contact with both the driver and front seat passenger of the vehicle. The driver identified himself as “Jacob S. Berra”.

When Berra was informed of the reason for the stop, Berra became argumentative with officers. Berra could not produce any corroborative ID paperwork. As officers returned to Berra’s vehicle, Berra suddenly threw open the driver’s side door and fled through area yards, according to police.

Berra had repeatedly ignored officers commands to stop and show his hands. Berra reportedly made reaching motions toward his waistband, and officers were forced to tase Berra after repeatedly warning Berra that he would be tased if he did not comply with the officers orders, police reported.

According to Berra's criminal complaint, officers returned to secure the Toyota and searched the vehicle. In a gray backpack located on the back seat, officers discovered a brown paper bag containing 2 blue rubber band strips, a single syringe, a zip-lock bag containing 20 additional syringes, alcohol pads, a zip-lock bag containing mini cotton balls, metal caps for "cooking" heroin and 2 sandwich bags with the corners torn off.

Police reported that in the bottom of the backpack, they located a brown wallet with identifiers in the name of “Jeremy John Berra.” Also in the bottom of the backpack, officers recovered 2 prescription pill bottles, 1 empty and 1 containing 84 tablets. Both bottles were for 15mg Morphine Sulfate Extended Use. In the center console of the vehicle, officers located 2 additional syringes and another metal cap for “cooking“ heroin.

According to his criminal complaint, Berra stated to officers that he possessed the recovered drug paraphernalia and that he uses heroin every day at a cost of $40.00 per day. When asked about the recovered Morphine pills, Berra admitted to possessing them and that he did not have a prescription for them. Berra further stated that he had used the name of his brother, “Jacob”, and had lied to officers regarding his true identity because he knew he had warrants.

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