Brookfield police arrested a 47-year-old Riverside man July 13 for driving drunk.
Around 12:08 a.m., an officer was on patrol at the intersection of 31st Street and Grand Boulevard when they observed a white Jeep heading southeast with expired license plates. After confirming the vehicle’s registration was expired, the officer initiated a traffic stop and made contact with the driver, who they saw “excessively moving” and reaching into the backseat.
Due to the car having tinted back windows, the officer had the driver roll them down and observed an open 12-ounce can of beer in the back cup holder. The officer also noticed the man’s breath smelled of alcohol, his eyes were bloodshot and he slurred his words when talking.
While running the man’s driver’s license and proof of insurance, the officer saw him reach into the back of the car. The man told the officer he had moved the beer to the center console. When asked, the man said he had drunk one beer.
The man agreed to step out of his car at the officer’s request but declined to take field sobriety tests or blow a portable breath test, so the officer placed him under arrest for driving under the influence, police said.
At the police station, the man declined to take a chemical breath test. Police charged the man for driving under the influence of alcohol, illegally transporting alcohol and driving with expired registration. Police set an Aug. 12 court date and sent the man on his way.
No headlights, no license
Brookfield police charged a 34-year-old LaGrange woman after they saw her driving at night without headlights or taillights.
Around 10:42 p.m., an officer on patrol was waiting in the parking lot at the Citibank at 9009 Ogden Ave. when they observed a gray Jeep heading east without any car lights on.
The officer pulled the car over on Ogden Avenue just west of Rose Avenue in Lyons. After hearing the reason for the stop, the woman said she had just left her home in LaGrange and must have forgotten to turn on her lights. She then turned on the car lights before the officer asked her for her driver’s license and proof of insurance. The woman provided her Illinois ID card and said she had never been issued a driver’s license.
The officer told the woman she would be charged and her car would be towed if she could not find a valid driver, but she called a friend to take her car.
The officer charged the woman for driving without her headlights and for driving without a valid license. Police set an Aug. 26 court date and let the woman go in her car with her friend driving.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated July 7-14; 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.
