Brookfield police on Sept. 15 responded to a report of a neighbor problem.
Around 6:03 p.m., an officer responded to the 3200 block of Maple Avenue to speak with a resident, who said she and her family had been having ongoing issues with their neighbor, an elderly woman.
The resident’s daughter said she had been riding her bike in the alley with her siblings and had stopped to allow the neighbor to pull out of her garage when the woman got out of her car and grabbed her bicycle, nearly knocking her over. She said the woman also cursed at her and her siblings before driving away.
The neighbor was not at home at the time, so the officer attempted to call the woman. After she picked up, the woman told the officer she had exited her car and “tapped on” the child’s bicycle, police said. She denied shaking the bike to the point where the girl fell off and denied cursing at the kids. She said the children had been cursing at her while blocking her from exiting her garage.
The officer told the woman to contact police if the children give her more trouble and to stop talking to them, which she agreed to. The officer then called the resident who had complained and told her to tell her children not to interact with the neighbor, which she also agreed to. Police did not take any further action.
Property allegedly damaged by neighbor
Brookfield police on Sept. 15 responded to a call about harassment that was later reclassified as a neighbor problem.
Around 5:51 p.m., an officer responded to the 900 block of Monroe Avenue and spoke to the resident who had called police, who said she had been having issues with her neighbor. Most recently, the man had knocked over and damaged her potted plants and cameras, the woman said, adding that she believed he was acting out due to being evicted by their landlord.
The officer made contact with the neighbor, who “was adamant,” police said, that he did not damage any of the woman’s property on purpose. He said he was in the process of moving, and anything he knocked over was done so accidentally. He added that he felt the woman had reported the issue to police in retaliation for his having made loud noise complaints about her apartment to their landlord.
The officer relayed this information to the woman, who requested a special watch in fear of potential retaliation from the man. Police took no further action on the case due to the lack of evidence the man had damaged the woman’s property, but police did stage a special watch at the residence for one week.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Sept. 15-22; 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.
