Crime & Safety
Man Charged With Burglarizing Home For Heroin Money
Suspect was caught in Brookfield with a Waukesha woman's checks on him even though she hadn't seen him in a decade, charges allege.
A Waukesha man burglarized the home of his ex-girlfriend’s parents so he could get money to buy heroin, charges allege.
Justin L. Nowak, 30, was charged recently in Waukesha County Circuit Court with burglary and identity theft. If convicted, he faces up to 18-½ years in prison and $35,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint:
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On Jan. 18, a woman living in the 2300 block of Fox River Parkway received a phone call from the Brookfield Police Department informing her Nowak had been arrested and was carrying some of her personal checks. The woman said she hadn’t been in contact with Nowak’s family in about 10 years, so he must have stolen the checks from the house sometime around Christmas.
Nowak admitted taking the checks so he could buy heroin, but told police he was invited there by his ex-girlfriend. However, she adamantly denied this, saying she hadn’t seem Nowak in two years.
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Nowak was being held in the Waukesha County Jail on $1,000 bond while awaiting trial.
