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A sign taped to the front door of
Candles For You, 744 N. Grand Ave., declares that the store
is closed Monday due to a "drugs delivery." A
search warrant indicates that marijuana was found in the
shop.
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James
Juhay
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WAUKESHA -
A Waukesha store owner has been charged with selling marijuana out
of his downtown candle shop.
James Juhay, 46, was ordered held on a $10,000 cash bond Monday
after being charged with three counts of delivering marijuana, a
count of possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute it,
three counts of felony bail jumping and maintaining a drug place. If
convicted, he faces up to 38 years in custody.
According to Waukesha police, a criminal complaint and other
court records, Juhay was the target of an undercover investigation
after police received tips he was selling pot at his Candles For You
store, 744 N. Grand Ave. On June 5, an undercover officer went into
the store, where Juhay told him, "I got bud for sale," an
affidavit said.
The officer bought $20 worth of pot that day, and returned June
11 and June 17 for more transactions, worth $20 and $25, the
affidavit said.
Police searched the store Thursday and found more than one pound
of marijuana in a safe and other locations, as well as plastic bags
with drug residue, drug paraphernalia, suspected hashish - though it
did not test positive for the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol, the
active ingredient of marijuana - and salvia divinorum, a substance
deemed illegal earlier this year in Wisconsin, the search warrant
indicated. It added police found what was believed - but not proven
to be - ecstasy residue.
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Brian Huber can be reached at bhuber@conleynet.com