Tim Ryan, tryan@wolfrivermedia.com
The second of three family co-owners of a Wescott supper club charged in connection with a home-based marijuana operation was sentenced Tuesday to five months in jail as a condition of two years’ probation.
Nicole H. Himebauch, 33, pleaded no contest in August to felony charges of manufacture and delivery of marijuana and maintaining a drug trafficking place.
Her mother, Lynn Himebauch, 67, was sentenced Friday on the same charges after also pleading no contest. She was given four months in jail as a condition of three years’ probation.
William R. Himebauch, 63, who has also pleaded no contest to the same charges, is scheduled for sentencing Nov. 24.
Under the plea agreements, the state has agreed to recommend sentences of jail time and probation for all three defendants.
According to the criminal complaint, Nicole Himebauch was the suspect in a controlled marijuana buy with a confidential Sheriff’s Department informant on Feb. 5, 2013, at Classic’s Restaurant and Lounge in Wescott.
Lynn, William and Nicole Himebauch are co-owners of the supper club.
The complaint alleges Nicole Himebauch sold the informant “high-grade marijuana” at $325 an ounce for a total 0f $950.
As part of her sentence, she was ordered to repay that money to the Sheriff’s Department.
The informant told authorities Nicole Himebauch had gotten the marijuana from her parents’ residence, according to the complaint.
Shawano County Sheriff’s Department deputies executed a search warrant at a residence in the same building as the supper club and arrested Nicole Himebauch on felony charges of manufacture and delivery of marijuana, maintaining a drug trafficking place and possession with intent to deliver marijuana.
Deputies also executed a search warrant in the town of Richmond home of her parents, who were taken into custody on the same felony counts.
According to the criminal complaint, a converted room in the upstairs of the Richmond residence contained numerous marijuana plants, along with equipment to trim, grow, clean and clone new plants. A second grow room was found in the basement, according to the complaint.
Authorities seized 87 plants from the residence, according to court records.
As with her mother, Nicole Himebauch was joined at her sentencing Tuesday by a crowd of supporters.
She told the court she took responsibility for her actions and was sorry.