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Woman Pleads Guilty to Giving Teen Heroin in OD Case

A 20-year-old woman pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor endangering the life of a child. She'll get six months of court supervision and 10 days of the sheriff's work program.

One of two people accused of endangering the life of a 15-year-old girl who overdosed on heroin reportedly supplied by the pair pleaded guilty Tuesday.

Nicolette Martinu, 20, pleaded to one misdemeanor count of endangering the life of a child in Cook County Judge Patrick T. Rogers' Bridgeview courtroom. She will have to serve 10 days in the Cook County Sheriff's SWAP, a manual labor program for nonviolent misdemeanors and traffic offenders, and receive six months of court supervision. She'll also have to pay $284 in court costs.

Martinu and Matthew Lefebvre, 19, were both charged after an Oct. 26 incident, where police were called at 11:30 p.m. to a home in the 11000 block of Helena Drive to help with an ambulance call for a teen who had overdosed. The teen was hospitalized but didn't die from the overdose.

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The girl reportedly overdosed a second time in November and Lefebvre was arrested again. He is currently in custody on $150,000 bond. In that incident, Lefebvre and Witold Studencki, 20, of Palos Hills were charged.

Lefebvre appeared briefly in court on Tuesday. He is represented by a public defender, who told Judge Rogers that an offer has been made by prosecutors but did not release details.

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Lefebvre is scheduled to be back in court on Jan. 29. Martinu's court supervision will be complete on July 30 of this year.

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