She was burned in drug-related fire at motel
A woman who pleaded guilty in a 2017 meth cook at a hotel in Lake Geneva received a stayed prison sentence with nine month in jail last year.
Melissa E. Kuen, 39, was sentenced May 28 to stayed prison sentences of three years incarceration and three years extended supervision. Under a stayed sentence, Kuen will serve the time only if she violates the term of her probation. She was sentenced to six years probation with nine months in jail with work-release privileges and 120 hours of community service as conditions of probation.
She pleaded guilty to manufacturing or delivering amphetamine. Charges of knowingly possessing methamphetamine waste and possession of drug paraphernalia were dismissed.
According to the criminal complaint, police were called to The Cove in Lake Geneva for a fire in Room 314 at about 3:15 a.m. Jan. 9, 2017. In the room, police encountered Patrick McBean, who had burns to his hands and his facial hair appeared to have been burned off, according to the complaint. Smoke inside the room was thick and had a chemical odor that the officer reported burned his lungs and mouth as he breathed, according to the complaint.
A pot with water was boiling on the stove in the room with a box of cough medicine floating in it, and the bathroom had burn marks on the walls and charred debris throughout, including the partially filled tub, according to the complaint. Police believe the fire occurred in the bathroom near the toilet and reported seeing burnt pieces of clothing and blood on the carpet throughout the room, according to the complaint.
McBean told police a woman was cooking food in the room, burned it and then left, according to the complaint.
At the same time police were responding to the situation at The Cove, emergency services were called to the nearby Mill Creek Motel for a woman there who was badly burned and was taken to Froedtert Hospital, according to the complaint. The burned woman was Kuen, who is believed to have left The Cove and walked toward the Mill Creek Hotel calling for help after conducting a meth cook at The Cove that exploded and burned her.
