Riverside police ticketed a man Dec. 6 after they saw him drive a car with illegally tinted windows.
At 2:08 a.m., an officer on patrol saw the car with its heavily tinted front windows heading south on Harlem Avenue near East Quincy Street.
After pulling the car over near Blackhawk Road, the officer explained the stop to the driver and asked him for his driver’s license and proof of insurance. The man gave the officer an Illinois state ID and said he could not find his insurance card. A search through the police database showed the officer the man had never been issued an Illinois driver’s license. Later, the man told the officer his license had been suspended in California.
Police ticketed the man for driving an uninsured vehicle, for driving with a suspended license and for the car’s unlawfully tinted front windows. Police set a court date and released the man at the scene after his car was turned over to a legal driver.
Ticketed for driving on the sidewalk
Brookfield police ticketed a 40-year-old Brookfield man Dec. 11 after he made eye contact with an officer before driving onto the sidewalk in front of a business.
At 12:48 a.m., the officer was conducting a premise check at Phoenix Liquors, 8814 Ogden Ave., when they saw a car “stop in the middle” of the road on Ogden Avenue. According to police, the officer made eye contact with the driver before he drove the car onto the sidewalk in front of the business. The officer activated their car’s sirens and stopped the man’s car from going any further as it drove directly toward the business and stopped before the front door.
After approaching the car, the officer confirmed with dispatch that the driver had “prior police interactions,” so they requested backup; dispatch also informed the officer the man’s car’s registration was suspended.
The officer issued the man citations for driving on a suspended registration, for driving without a front license plate and for driving on the sidewalk. Police set a Jan. 14, 2025, court date and sent the man on his way.
Cited while driving child without seatbelt
Riverside police ticketed a woman Dec. 11 for driving a car with expired license plates.
At about 12:30 a.m., an officer on patrol saw a car heading west on East Quincy Street from Harlem Avenue with license plates the officer determined to be expired and suspended, so they pulled the car over at North Delaplaine Road and East Burlington Street.
After explaining the reason for the stop to the driver, the officer saw a child under the age of 5 in the back passenger seat without a car seat and not wearing a seatbelt. The driver gave the officer her Illinois state ID instead of a driver’s license along with her proof of insurance. According to police, after running her information through the police database, the officer learned the woman’s driver’s license was suspended.
The officer asked the woman to step out of her car before issuing her citations for her suspended registration and license. The officer ensured the car was turned over to a valid driver before sending the woman on her way with a Jan. 17, 2025, court date.
Cited for disorderly conduct
Brookfield police cited a 73-year-old Brookfield woman Dec. 9 for disorderly conduct after her neighbor said she yelled vulgarities at his family.
An officer took a phone call from the woman’s neighbor, who said she was regularly obscene while walking past him or his family. He said she does so often but he does not call the police each time, but this time, he told police he had “reached ‘his breaking point.’”
He told police his family, including his children, were outside hanging Christmas lights when the woman yelled obscenities at them. The man said he planned to call police each time the woman disturbed his family so something might be done.
The officer asked if the man would like a disorderly conduct citation to be issued to the woman, and he said he would. In the report, police noted the man had called police at least eight times since 2019 to complain about the woman’s behavior.
The next day around 5 p.m., a Brookfield officer arrived at the woman’s house while she was yelling in the direction of the man’s home. The officer made contact with the woman and explained she was being issued a citation. The woman said she had yelled at the neighbor the day prior but said she had not seen the children and would not be vulgar in front of them. She told police the man “continues to mess with her” and had done so for years; she said the man had broken into her home in the past and left dirty diapers in her garage.
The woman accepted her citation, which included a future court date, and the officer sent her on her way.
These items were obtained from the Riverside Police Department reports dated Dec. 6-11 and the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Dec. 9-16; 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.
