2 arrested in Shawano drug bust

One was out on bond in drug conspiracy case
By: 
Tim Ryan
Reporter

SHAWANO — Two Shawano residents, including one out on bond in a major drug conspiracy case, were arrested by Shawano police Monday on multiple felony drug counts, including possession of marijuana and methamphetamine.

Kyle A. Collins, 31, and Kayla M. Childs, 31, were taken into custody after police and Shawano County sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant at their residence in the city.

Authorities seized various drug paraphernalia, including numerous plastic baggies that tested positive for the presence of marijuana and methamphetamine, according to the criminal complaint.

Other drug-related items, including straws, tubes, needles and pipes, were also recovered, according to the complaint.

Collins had previously been arrested in April in connection with an alleged drug ring that was being operated out of Shawano.

He was taken into custody in Pulcifer a week after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Collins was charged in that case with two counts of conspiracy to deliver or distribute meth and cocaine, and one count of maintaining a drug trafficking place.

He had posted a $30,000 cash bond set by Judge William Kussel Jr.

Collins is one of eight people facing charges in connection with that alleged drug conspiracy.

Collins and Childs are each charged with felony counts of second or subsequent possession of marijuana and possession of methamphetamine.

Collins also faces three counts of felony bail jumping, and Childs faces one count of felony bail jumping.

They could each faces 3½ years in prison and a $10,000 fine on each of the felony drug charges if convicted, and six years in prison and a $10,000 fine on each of the felony bail jumping charges.

Collins was ordered held on the new charges on a $21,000 cash bond set by Judge James Habeck on Tuesday. He is scheduled for an adjourned initial court appearance Oct. 7.

Childs was ordered held on a $2,500 cash bond, and a $2,500 signature bond, set by Habeck on Tuesday and is due in court for an adjourned initial appearance Oct. 8.