The case against Oneida man Collyn Jorgenson has been put on hold until the end of April at the request of defense attorney Nila Robinson to give her client time to receive mental health treatment.
Jorgenson, 18, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide, first-degree reckless injury, homicide by vehicle use while on a controlled substance, injury by vehicle use while on a controlled substance, reckless driving, operating while intoxicated and causing injury to a minor, operating with a restricted controlled substance with a minor passenger and obstructing an officer in connection with a crash occurring the evening of June 19, 2025.
Jorgenson was able to post an $80,000 cash bond in the Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court case, but there’s another case in Outagamie County Circuit Court where he’s being held on a $50,000 cash bond, which originally had been set at $100,000 in September 2025. On Feb. 24, Outagamie County reduced that bond to $10,000, according to online records, and he’s been charged with felony bail jumping and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
The bond was reduced to allow Jorgenson to attend treatment. Court records show that his family will transport him directly to a Bellin treatment facility once the bond has been posted.
Two hours after that hearing, Robinson appeared remotely to Judge Katherine Sloma and requested an adjournment for 60 days while Jorgenson pursued the treatment.
“Collyn is in a position where he needs mental health treatment, and I think we’re in a position to give it to him,” Robinson said. “That is something that I think needs to come first, and then we can move on (with the case). I know I’m asking for some patience from the court.”
Sloma agreed to Robinson’s request and set a final pre-trial hearing for 10:45 a.m. April 30.
Robinson said the district attorney’s office has provided an offer to plead the case out but she has not yet responded.
According to the criminal complaint for Shawano County, Jorgenson and two passengers had been traveling to Antigo to pick up a friend from the Langlade County Jail. Reports showed that the vehicle was traveling at 100 mph when the crash happened, but it had been moving as fast as 120 mph at one time.
When the crash occurred, Jorgenson allegedly was driving a 2000 Toyota Camry along County Road D in the Town of Seneca. Diagrams that officers created indicated Jorgenson lost control when making a right turn near the County Road J intersection, left the roadway and struck a large rock. The vehicle rotated and struck another large rock, according to the complaint, and became airborne. Flying for about 150 feet, the vehicle landed on its roof, and all three people in the vehicle were ejected.
One passenger, a 14-year-old boy from the Seymour area, died from severe injuries as a result of the crash, according to the Shawano County Coroner’s Office. The other teen passenger suffered a broken fibula and tibia, along with a gash on the left hand.
Jorgenson allegedly claimed he had a couple of beers that day but did not finish the second one because it became warm, according to the complaint. A blood draw was done four hours after the crash that showed his blood-alcohol level was 0.017% at the time; based on the average alcohol elimination rate, it’s estimated that Jorgenson’s level was between 0.077% and 0.097% at the time the crash occurred.
Jorgenson initially told officers, according to the complaint, that there was a fourth person in the vehicle who had been driving at the time the Camry crashed and then fled the scene. He later recanted, allegedly, and admitted he was the driver when a search of the area found no additional person. According to the complaint, Jorgenson claimed he’d picked up a man at the Shawano Kwik Trip and let him drive.
An examination of video footage at the Kwik Trip showed the vehicle had never been there. Instead, it was discovered the vehicle had stopped at the Kwik Trip in Bonduel about 5:28 p.m., about a half-hour before the crash, and that the vehicle traveled along state Highway 29 before turning onto County Road D.
One of the victim’s phones showed a brief video prior to the crash showing the speedometer, which indicated the vehicle was traveling over 100 mph. The phone also had the Life360 app, which investigators used to determine the vehicle’s rate of speed from the Kwik Trip to the crash site. The app indicated the vehicle was traveling at speeds exceeding 120 mph on the highway.
Jorgenson has a history of reckless behavior with the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Department ranging from last December to the end of May, according to the complaint. Among the charges are disorderly conduct, drinking alcohol on school property, threatening a minor and reckless driving.
If convicted on the homicide charge, Jorgenson faces a maximum 60 years in prison. The reckless injury charge comes with a maximum 25-year sentence and another nine months for the obstruction charge.
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