A burglary was reported at Joe’s Saloon Jan. 9 after the ATM machine went missing, according to the Brookfield police department.
The woman who discovered the crime had arrived for her cleaning shift when she noticed the ATM’s absence. She immediately contacted the police, who found no signs of forced entry upon their arrival.
The owner was alerted by her security company about motion sensor activity earlier in the day. She remotely checked her surveillance cameras but saw nothing unusual and canceled the alarm. The owner and another employee had closed the bar the previous night, leaving through the east door around 1:50 a.m., and confirmed that all doors were locked and the alarm was set.
Upon re-entry, the only item found missing was the ATM, which had been bolted next to the jukebox near the east entry door.
A prying tool was found on the floor nearby. Surveillance footage revealed two individuals forcing entry into the south door on the east side of the building around 5:03 a.m.
One individual was wearing all black with a hood over their head and face, while the other wore jeans, a Carhartt shirt, white Nike sneakers and a hood. The investigation is ongoing.
Hit and run on a school parking lot
On Jan. 8, a woman reported that her vehicle was sideswiped by a black Dodge SUV in the school parking lot during dismissal time.
She claimed the male driver and female passenger looked at her but drove away without acknowledging the incident.
The Brookfield officer observed a scratch on the driver’s side of the complainant’s vehicle, extending from the driver’s door to the rear quarter panel, and damage to the wheel well trim. The woman expressed a willingness to handle the matter privately without involving insurance.
The officer identified the registered owner of the suspected vehicle and contacted him. The owner denied involvement in any accident, saying he neither heard nor felt a collision. He also added that upon inspection, he found no fresh damage on his vehicle.
The officer inspected the vehicle and found several dents and scratches but no fresh damage or paint transfer. The owner reiterated his belief that he had not struck anyone and suggested that the complainant was merely angry at him for driving around the line of cars. He agreed to pay for any repairs if video evidence showed he did strike the complainant’s vehicle.
The officer plans to contact the school staff on his next tour of duty to check for additional camera footage of the incident. The investigation is ongoing.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Jan. 7-15 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.
Compiled by Amina Sergazina