Crime & Safety
Out to Lunch, Out of Hydrocodone
Suspect says she stole the pills while the victim would be out to lunch with his wife.
A Wind Lake woman is accused of breaking into a Muskego apartment in order to steal prescription pills.
Mary A. Pradarelli was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Monday with one count of burglary and one count of possession of an illegally obtained prescription drug. If convicted, she faces up to eight years in prison and $25,500 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint:
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On Aug. 9, 2011, a man living in the S8500 block of Cottage Circle left his apartment at 11:30 a.m. and when he came back at 2 p.m. he found 38 of his Hydrocodone pills were missing. During the course of the investigation, Pradarelli became a suspect and was interviewed by Muskego police officers. She admitted to committing the theft, saying she knew the man would be out with his wife for lunch.
Pradarelli told investigators she has been addicted to Hydrocodone for about a year. She will make her initial appearance in court Nov. 12.