GREEN BAY (WLUK) – James Grandberry’s long-delayed preliminary hearing was held Wednesday, and the suspect in a Chicago-to-Green Bay drug ring was ordered to stand trial after testimony from an officer.
Grandberry, 36, faces 14 charges, including three of manufacture or delivery of fentanyl, amphetamines and cocaine, after a bust last August. He was arrested on July 11, 2024, and charged about two weeks later. Prosecutors have since said this case was the state’s first wiretap investigation for fentanyl and at least 47 people are facing charges.
Deputy District Attorney Wendy Lemkuil said in court “an offer” was made to Grandberry but the details of that were not divulged in court. The offer apparently included a condition to waive the preliminary hearing, as defense attorney Nicholas Gasner said the offer was denied, and the defense wanted the preliminary hearing to proceed.
During the hearing, Brown County Sheriff’s drug investigator Nicholas Ronsman testified about the drug operations and identified Grandberry as one of those allegedly involved. A search warrant at his residence found three pounds of fentanyl, plus cocaine and methamphetamine, Ronsman said…