A second man has been convicted in the connection of an overdose death of a Sturgeon Bay man two years ago. According to the Sturgeon Bay Police Department, Ryan C. Lyons, of Milwaukee, was convicted of First Degree Reckless Homicide-Deliver Drugs, as Party to a Crime, a Class C felony last week for his role in the drug overdose death of Kyle DeMelle of Sturgeon Bay. Lyons’ sentencing hearing will be in June.
Alex G. Hudson of Sturgeon Bay was convicted of the same charges in October of 2022 and was sentenced to a 10-year prison term last December.
A third person, John Jacob Mosgrove of Sturgeon Bay faces the same charges as the other two men as his case is still pending.
The 38-year-old DeMelle was found unresponsive in his apartment back on February 22, 2021. Investigators found evidence of drug use at the scene and learned that DeMelle had purchased what he believed to be heroin the previous night. DeMelle’s autopsy showed the presence of fentanyl in the toxicology report and the death was ruled as an acute fentanyl overdose.
