The car of a Castle Motors customer that was reported stolen to Brookfield police on June 10 was later recovered in La Grange.
Around 3:10 p.m. that day, a Brookfield police officer was dispatched to Castle Motors on Ogden Avenue on a report that a customer’s car was stolen. The person who called the police, a Castle Motors employee, told police that staff had last seen the car in the parking lot around 8 p.m. on June 8 before they noticed it was missing around 2:30 p.m. on June 10. The employee told police the dealership’s cameras were not working and that the customer confirmed he did not pick up his car.
At the scene, the officer noticed a green bag containing tools, police said. The dealership employee said the bag did not belong to any of the staff and that it may have been used to steal the car.
After returning to the station, the officer was told by dispatch that the stolen car had been recovered the day before by La Grange police, who found it while responding to a call about a parked car with a pistol visible in the front passenger seat before having it towed to Chariot Automotive in Countryside.
At the owner’s request, the officer looked through the car to process it. The officer took pictures of the inside and outside of the car and tried to dust it for fingerprints but could not find any.
Arrested for driving with suspended license, registration
A Streamwood man was arrested June 11 in Brookfield for driving with a suspended driver’s license and car registration.
Around 2:45 p.m. that day, a Brookfield officer on patrol was driving east on Ogden Avenue behind the man’s car when the car came up with a suspended registration on the officer’s license plate recognition system. The officer pulled the man over onto Sunnyside Avenue.
According to police, when the officer asked the man for his driver’s license and proof of insurance, the man said his license was suspended for a recent DUI charge, so the officer arrested the man. The man’s wife, who had been sitting in the passenger seat, provided a valid driver’s license and took the car after the man was arrested.
The man was charged for driving with a suspended registration, driving without insurance and driving on a suspended license. A July 9 court date was set and the man was released.
Arrested for driving with expired registration
A man was arrested July 13 in Riverside for driving with an expired registration and a suspended driver’s license.
Around 1:10 a.m. that morning, the officer was on patrol, running the registrations of passing cars near the intersection of South Harlem Avenue and East Burlington Street when the man’s car came back with an expired registration.
The officer pulled the man over at the intersection of Ogden Avenue and Lionel Road. The man provided his driver’s license and proof of insurance, but after running the man’s license through the police database, the officer saw it had been suspended for traffic violations, police said.
The officer arrested the man and took him to the station for processing. The man was cited for both infractions and a July 5 court date was set.
Ticketed for driving without a license
A Chicago man was ticketed June 13 in Lyons for driving without a license after a Brookfield officer saw him speeding.
Around 1:45 a.m., the officer was on patrol, driving west on Ogden Avenue, when they saw the man’s car heading east, police said. Using their patrol car’s vehicle-mounted radar, the officer saw that the man’s car was going 47 mph in a 30-mph zone, so they turned around and pulled the man over.
When the officer asked for the man’s driver’s license and proof of insurance, the man said he had never been issued a driver’s license. The officer told the man he would be ticketed and had him contact someone else with a valid driver’s license to take the car away. Once the car was turned over, the man was issued his citations and told a July 23 court date had been set.
These items were obtained from the Riverside Police Department reports dated June 7-13 and the Brookfield Police Department reports dated June 10-17; they 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.
