Brookfield police on Sept. 9 arrested a man who had a warrant out of Schiller Park.
Around 10:48 p.m., an officer responded to the Brookfield Motel, 8809 Ogden Ave., on a report of a disturbance; a foreman for construction work at the motel told police two recently fired employees were refusing to leave the property.
Upon arriving, the officer spoke with one of the two workers, who said he was still working on the property, and the foreman owed him money for previous work. The worker called the foreman, who was not at the motel, so the officer could speak to him directly.
The foreman told the officer he had fired the man due to “poor quality of work,” according to police, having been frequently speaking on the phone rather than working. The foreman said the man threatened to tear down his past work if he was not paid and requested the officer remove the man from the property.
The man told the officer he was not aware he had been fired and was there to collect payment. After the officer told him he was no longer wanted on the site, the man contacted a friend to pick him up.
While speaking with the worker, the officer ran his ID information through the police database and learned the man had an active warrant out for his arrest from Schiller Park for driving under the influence. After being informed of the warrant, the man said he had already taken care of it, but the officer explained the warrant was still valid.
Police took the man into custody and transported him to the police station, where he was fingerprinted, and his identity was confirmed. Schiller Park police sent an officer to transport the man to their police station, and Brookfield police turned the man over to them.
Possible concrete scam reported
Brookfield police on Sept. 10 responded to a report of an alleged home repair scam, though no one was arrested.
Around 4:45 p.m., an officer responded to the 3000 block of Vernon Avenue to meet with a homeowner, who had called police to complain about a group of men in a white minivan who had approached his property. One of the men said they had completed the concrete walkway and steps at the house and recommended the homeowner get them sealed to preserve the work, according to police.
The homeowner said the man said it would cost about $250 per pound, and the homeowner agreed to have the men perform the work. The resident told police the men appeared to pour more concrete over the pre-existing concrete and that the work took about an hour to complete. Once it was done, he said the lead worker said the total cost would be $7,200, but they would be willing to accept $5,000 in cash instead.
The man told police he had not been presented with a contract for the work or a final price before it was completed. In response to the workers, the man said the price seemed unreasonably high, but he agreed to go to the bank to take out the money. The workers said they would follow him to the bank, which the man “declined,” police wrote. Then, the homeowner’s wife arrived at the home, and upon her speaking to him, the workers said they were going to get something to eat and left, the man said.
The man said he did not have a name or contact information for any of the men but gave a description of the minivan to police. The officer observed a “very thin layer of a concrete-like substance” over the walkway and front steps of the home, according to police. The officer told the man to contact police if the workers returned.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Sept. 8-15; 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.
