Crime & Safety
Falls Man Charged with Selling Drugs in Brookfield
Suspect allegedly had semi-automatic pistol at time of arrest.
A 25-year-old Menomonee Falls man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly sold prescription drugs to undercover officers with the Waukesha County Metro Drug Unit in Brookfield.
Alex E. Engelhardt was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of delivery of schedule I or II narcotics, one count of maintaining a drug trafficking place and one count of carrying a concealed weapon. If convicted, he faces up to 19 years in prison and $70,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint on Dec. 15, an undercover officer agreed to purchase five Percocet tablets at a Brookfield Pick ‘n Save from Engelhardt. The officer did purchase the drugs and determined they were indeed Percocet drugs.
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On Monday, officers agreed to make another transaction with Engelhardt in the 4400 block of North 124th Street in Brookfield at which time officers took him into custody. The complaint states Engelhardt had a .38 caliber semi-automatic pistol in his vehicle, which had five rounds of ammunition in the magazine.
Engelhardt is free on $1,000 cash bail while awaiting trial.
