Brookfield police investigated a burglary Jan. 18 but did not arrest anyone.
Around 10:15 p.m., police responded to the 9100 block of 26th Street and met with two residents, who said they were not home when their house was broken into. One resident warned police about a side door with a broken doorknob before police investigated and found “several rooms were tampered with and left in disarray,” including the bedroom, bathroom and basement. Drawers were opened and pulled out while clothing was removed from closets and even a ceiling tile in the basement was “pulled out and damaged,” police said.
One resident said she left for work around 3 p.m. that afternoon and that they both arrived home around 10 p.m. The woman told police she was missing two pearl necklaces, a gold necklace and a diamond ring from the jewelry box in her bedroom.
Police photographed the scene and took DNA swabs before officers canvassed the area to look for neighbors with home cameras. One neighbor told police he had noticed a vehicle drive up and down the street multiple times and use his driveway between 5:26 p.m. and 6:05 p.m. He agreed to send them footage he captured on surveillance cameras the next day, police said.
On Jan. 19, police reviewed the footage and saw the vehicle in question drive east and west on 26th Street about five times within the half-hour period, using the neighbor’s driveway three times to change direction. Police ran the car’s license plates and found it was registered to a Chicago resident. One of the residents of the burglarized home told police after being contacted that he was not familiar with the make and model of car or the name of the registered owner; he also said he had noticed that morning that his phone and cable lines in the alleyway had been cut, possibly in relation to the burglary.
While police did not arrest anyone for the burglary, they noted in their reports that the burglar may have been “in search of a specific item” as some valuables in the home were left behind.
Caught speeding by radar
Riverside police ticketed a man Jan. 14 for aggravated speeding.
Around 10 p.m., an officer was conducting radar readings while facing south at the intersection of Woodside and Maplewood roads when a vehicle appeared to be going 51 mph in the 25-mph zone, so the officer initiated a traffic stop.
After pulling the driver over near L.J. Hauser Junior High School, the officer spoke to the driver and explained the reason for the stop. The man said it was “impossible” he had been driving 51 mph before he provided his driver’s license and proof of insurance.
The officer issued the man a citation for a misdemeanor aggravated speeding charge and explained he would have a court date on Feb. 7, at which point the man became “agitated” and “argumentative,” police said. The officer called in a supervisor, who arrived at the scene and explained the court process to the man before police allowed him to go on his way.
These items were obtained from the Riverside Police Department reports dated Jan. 14-15 and the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Jan. 13-20; 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.
