Ten Drug Related Charges Filed Against Lawmaker’s Daughter

Ten criminal charges have been filed against Cassie Nygren, daughter of state Assembly finance chairman John Nygren. She and her fiancee are accused of providing heroin laced with fentanyl that killed 31-year-old Jennifer Skeen and her unborn baby in June near Green Bay. Prosecutors quoted Nygren as saying she provided the heroin because she wanted to help Sheen and prevent her from getting a dangerous unknown type of drug from somebody else — and Nygren does not believe she delivered the fatal blow. A court date for the 28-year-old Nygren has not been set, and 33-year-old Shawn Gray is due to be charged today (Friday). Nygren’s charges include reckless homicide by delivering drugs, reckless homicide of an unborn child, two counts of delivering heroin, possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia, and child neglect.