A Campbellsport woman has been convicted of running an opioid ring, dealing pills and heroin from her purse at her kitchen table. Fifty seven year old, Lori Merget and seven others, including her son were charged back in April in Washington County with conspiracy to sell heroin. Merget pleaded guilty this week to one count of of delivering prescription pills and possessing heroin with intent to delivery. A more serious heroin count and another heroin possession count were dismissed and read into the record. According to a criminal complaint Merget obtained hundreds of prescription oxycodone pills per month from two Milwaukee pain clinics and street dealers. Informants told detectives they had been buying drugs from Merget for as long as a decade. Merget is accused of using the profits to supply her 31 year old son with heroin. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for September 11th.
