By C1 Staff
WINNEBAGO COUNTY — An inmate who bragged about the potency of drugs he used to sell is now regretting his words, after finding himself charged for the death of one of his former customers.
The North Western reports that Patrick Schreck has been charged in the first-degree reckless homicide of Stephen Hidde.
Hidde and Jennalee Anderson purchased heroin from Schreck in 2012. Hidde took the drugs and overdosed; Anderson rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he later died.
Originally, Anderson told authorities that they had purchased the drugs from another man, but the information didn’t add up.
Investigators spoke with Schreck’s cellmate, who told him that Schreck claimed to sell the best heroin in the area and had “five dead bodies attributed to his heroin.”
Schreck also claimed that one of the deaths was blamed on another person.
After a second inmate at the jail confirmed the conversation, investigators went back to question Anderson, who admitted that she had lied.
A warrant has been issued for Schreck’s arrest. Anderson has been charged and convicted of heroin delivery in connection to the incident. She was placed on probation and ordered to serve 12 months of conditional jail time.