Greendale Man Charged With Heroin Sale in Menomonee Falls

A Greendale man is facing charges after he allegedly sold heroin to a police informant in the parking lot of a Menomonee Falls department store.

Samuel J. Pacala, 20, was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Wednesday with one count of manufacture and delivery of heroin. If convicted, he faces up to 12 ½ years in prison and $25,000 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint:

In February 2011, Pacala agreed to meet a police informant in the parking lot of a Target store on County Line Road in Menomonee Falls and sell him $80 worth of heroin. He showed up in the parking lot and conducted the deal in the back seat of Pacala’s car.

Police went to Pacala’s house in the 6100 block of West Edgerton Avenue in September to ask him about the deal, but he denied selling heroin to anyone, but said he has been to the Target store many times before.

He will make his initial appearance in court April 30.