A Broadview man was nearly arrested Jan. 30 for trespassing at an unoccupied house on the 9400 block of Monroe Avenue owned by his ex-wife after he viewed the inside of the home with the Brookfield woman’s realtor.
Police said the woman first reported that morning that her ex-husband was in her home with her realtor and that she did not want him there. After arriving at the home, officers said they talked to the realtor, who said she did not know the man was the homeowner’s ex-husband because he had only given his first name.
After asking him why he was in the home, officers said the man responded he was interested in buying the home and took photos of the inside. However, after talking to him further, police said the man was “evasive” about why he had come to view his ex-wife’s house.
Eventually, police said, the man left the house, and at the homeowner’s request, officers told him he would be arrested for trespassing if he did not stay off the property. Police said the man continued to take photos of the outside of the house and of the officers on the scene while outside before leaving without being charged or cited.
Later, the homeowner arrived at the house and conducted a walkthrough, but nothing appeared out of the ordinary to her, police said. Given “previous orders of protection” — restraining orders — against the man, police said they suggested the homeowner seek another order of protection against him. They also told her a police watch would be instated for the house and to contact the police again if her ex-husband makes further unwanted contact with her.
Runaway elementary schooler brought back by parents
A Brookfield student who tried to run away from school Feb. 1 was caught by his parents and returned to school the same day.
According to police, the boy’s elementary school first reported him missing around 8:40 a.m., 10 minutes after the school’s first bell rang. The school told police the boy had dropped his backpack in the field.
Later, police said, the boy’s father called them to say they were both back at home. According to police, the father was still near the school in his car when the boy ran away from teachers as he was first entering the school that morning, so he was able to catch his son and get him back in the car.
According to police, when an officer visited the home, the student’s parents said they were working with school staff about their son not wanting to go to school. The parents told the officer they would bring their son back to the school and walk him inside themselves, police said.
Ticketed for driving with suspended registration
A Chicago man was ticketed Jan. 30 for driving a car with a suspended registration. An officer was stopped behind the car at a red light on Ogden Avenue and, after running the car’s license plates, found its registration was suspended for having no insurance. The officer pulled the man over at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Sahler Avenue and issued the citation there.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Jan. 29 to Feb. 5 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.
