Brookfield police ticketed a 64-year-old Scottsdale, Arizona, man on Sept. 4 after his car ignored a stop sign.
An officer was stationed on Sahler Avenue around 8 p.m. to patrol the intersection with Park Avenue when they saw a silver Jeep disregard the stop sign and turn east onto Sahler Avenue.
The officer pulled the car over at the intersection of Sunnyside Avenue and Plainfield Avenue. After advising the driver of the reason for the traffic stop, the officer asked the man for his driver’s license and proof of insurance. After taking the man’s information, the officer learned the man’s license had expired.
The officer issued citations to the man for disobeying a stop sign and driving on an expired license. A court date of Sept. 23 was set, and the officer allowed a member of the man’s family who arrived on the scene to drive the car away.
Resident reports a stolen bike
On Sept. 4, Brookfield police received an online report that a resident’s bicycle had been stolen.
According to the report, the bike was taken on Aug. 22 from a bike rack in Kiwanis Park near the volleyball nets. Police reached out to the owner for more information, and the next morning, he said the bike was an olive green Retrospec Beaumont city bike with tan tires.
Police did not report finding the bicycle or arresting anyone related to the theft.
Homeless man taken to the hospital
Brookfield police on Sept. 2 responded to a report of a suspicious person and later had firefighters transport a homeless man to the Loyola hospital in Maywood.
Around 9:54 p.m., an officer responded to the Holy Covenant Metropolitan Community Church, 9145 Grant Ave., on a report of a man ringing the church’s doorbell. After arriving, the officer spoke with the man, who was walking along the sidewalk near the church.
The man told police he had been ringing the church’s doorbell after no one answered the door and that he was in the middle of looking for someone on the grounds of the church. He said he believed the church was a 24-hour homeless shelter. The officer informed the man it was not and gave him information on homeless shelters in the area.
A short while later, the man complained of feeling unwell and told the officer he had pain in his stomach. Police searched the man’s bags with his consent and did not find any weapons, so they had Brookfield firefighters report to the scene and transport the man to the hospital.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Sept. 1-8; 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.
