Crime & Safety
Man Charged After Entering Former Drug Emporium Building
Man's knit hat found inside shuttered store where $5,000 in copper pipe went missing.
A Milwaukee man is facing charges after he allegedly went into a long-shuttered Greenfield store during a period when thousands of dollars in copper pipes went missing.
Walter L. Davis, 41, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of entry into a locked building. If convicted, he could face up to nine months in prison and $10,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint:
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On Dec. 2, the caretaker for a building that used to house Drug Emporium, 6251 S. 27th St., called police after he went into the building to winterize it and noticed $5,000 worth of copper pipes were missing. The man said heβs the only person who goes into the building, but officers found a black knit cap left at the scene.
Police performed a DNA test on the cap, which was then traced back to Davis. He will make his initial appearance in court April 3.