Conveniently, a would-be Brookfield burglar dropped his wallet after allegedly breaking two windows at Accurate Automotive on 47th St., April 10. Police said Robert Galik, 19, of the 4600 block of Eberly, fled upon activation of the burglar alarm. He was charged with criminal damage to property, burglary, criminal trespass and illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor.

n A $400 BMX mountain bike was stolen from a Brookfield garage on the 3200 block of Elm between 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on April 8.

On the 2300 block of Hainsworth, a North Riverside woman found someone had removed a window from the garage, then entered and stole her son’s BMX bicycle on April 10. The state crime lab is examining fingerprints left on the windowpane.

Auto burglary

Burglars stole a Garmin GPS, CDs and iPod transponder on April 12 from an unlocked car on the 4000 block of Maple in Brookfield.

A Brookfield man told police he observed two men breaking into his green Kia Spectra on the 4000 block of Arthur, April 11 at 8 a.m. A radio faceplate was damaged and the glove compartment ransacked. The men reportedly fled through the ally. Damage was estimated at $50.

The owner of a Ford SUV told police he found a window shattered when he returned to his parked vehicle near Sears in the North Riverside Park Mall on April 10. Missing from the SUV were a $2,000 stereo/GPS unit, a television, and several movie and music disks.

DUI, drugs

Police charged Donald Jenkins, 52, of Sheridan Road in Chicago, April 11, with DUI in Brookfield after observing his 1999 black GMC SUV disregard stop signs and cut through the Citgo station lot on the 3700 block of Grand to avoid the “No Turn on Red” sign.

An officer using stationary radar, April 10, on Woodside in Riverside, noticed a green 1994 Plymouth van driven by a man known to have a suspended license. The officer pulled the vehicle over and arrest the driver, David M. Smith, 46, of North Riverside. As he was being handcuffed and placed in the squad car, his passenger exited the van and disobeyed a series of instructions from the officer. The officer attempted to restrain Caroline M. Sullivan, 52, of Berwyn. She allegedly struggled and, with her free hand, took a glass crack pipe from her pants pocket and threw it to the ground while yelling that she was “not resisting.” Police recovered the pipe, which contained white residue. Smith was charged with driving on a suspended license and without insurance. Sullivan was cited for resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Police checking on a cul-de-sac on the 2500 block of Burr Oak in North Riverside, April 10, because of recent graffiti in Commons Park, noticed an occupied green Chrysler Sebring with Kentucky registration parked on the block. As police passed by, the Chrysler drove away quickly. A check of the plates showed they had expired, and the car was pulled over at 26th and Harlem. The driver gave permission for a search of the vehicle. On the rear floor in plain view, the officer located a white and pink glass bong. On the rear seat was a gold-colored tin containing a small glass pipe, a black pouch with a second pipe inside, and a bag of a green, leafy substance. Aaron Lee Turner, 21, of South Beloit, one of the passengers in the car, admitted to ownership of the bong and the tin. A personal search reportedly revealed additional marijuana, for a total weight of 4.6 grams. Turner was charged with misdemeanor possession of cannabis.

Graffiti

An officer on foot patrol in Commons Park in North Riverside, April 10, found new graffiti on the sidewalk next to a park bench. The graffiti appeared to be three letters in red paint, outlined in black marker. The new graffiti covered a previously reported defacement consisting of an obscene command.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments from April 8 to April 12 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

-Compiled by Jane Lehane and A. Malina