Brookfield police on Oct. 30 arrested a 40-year-old Broadview man.
While on patrol around 9:20 p.m., an officer near the corner of 31st Street and Arthur Avenue observed a black Cadillac car whose license plates, upon being run through the police database, came back as suspended due to a lack of mandatory insurance. The officer pulled the car over and spoke with the “visibly distraught” driver, who was unable to provide a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance when asked. The officer later learned the man’s license had been suspended due to a previous instance of driving while intoxicated.
The officer arrested the man and called for his car to be towed. After transporting the man to the Brookfield Police Department, the officer cited the man for driving on a suspended registration without insurance or a valid driver’s license. The man was released from the police department with a copy of his citations.
Possible slashed tires
On Oct. 29, Brookfield police responded to a resident’s report of possible criminal damage done to her car.
Around 11:30 a.m., an officer arrived at the 8800 block of 44th Place after the resident called in to report two of her tires were flat, saying she believed “there may be foul play involved,” police said.
The officer met with the woman and her father, who owns the car and said he had parked his car in front of their house around 4 p.m. on Oct. 28. Around 11:15 a.m., the woman noticed the front and back passenger-side tires were flat and said she thought someone may have damaged them due to two tires going flat at the same time, though she did not know who would have damaged the car.
The officer did not observe any damage to the tires that would point toward foul play, police said. The officer searched the area for cameras that could have captured the incident and made contact with a neighbor who has a camera in their home’s front window; the neighbor said she would check her camera when she could.
Around 4:15 p.m., the officer spoke over the phone with the neighbor, who said the footage did not show anyone approaching the car to cause damage.
These items were obtained the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Oct. 27 to Nov. 3; 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.
