Brookfield police on Feb. 7 ticketed a 47-year-old LaGrange Park man for driving drunk after one of his car’s headlights were out.
Around 8:43 p.m., an officer on patrol witnessed a car heading east on 31st Street with only one headlight working. After following the vehicle, the officer saw it nearly strike the curb and swerve over the dividing line between lanes before slowing down while in both lanes and turning into the Cordial Inn parking lot, where the officer initiated a traffic stop.
While speaking with the driver, who provided a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance, the officer noticed the man had red, glossy eyes, smelled of alcohol and was slurring his words. The man told the officer he was coming from the Subway in LaGrange Park down the road. At first, he said he had not had any alcohol, but he later told the officer he had consumed one beer and then said he had drunk a couple beers.
The officer asked the man to exit his car and take field sobriety tests, to which he agreed. During the tests, the man showed multiple indicators of impairment. He also agreed to take a preliminary breath test, which resulted in error codes after two separate attempts.
The officer arrested the man for driving under the influence and transported him to the Brookfield Police Department for processing. At the station, the man told police he had done shots in the morning while betting on horses at the Hawthorne Race Course in Cicero and had several more shots later on, though he could not recall the timeline of the day and where he was at that time. The man said he “didn’t think” he was under the influence while driving to the Cordial Inn, where he was aiming to play slot machines, police said.
The man took a chemical breath test at the station, which showed .174 blood alcohol content, before police charged him for having only one working headlight, improper lane usage, driving under the influence and having blood alcohol content above .08. Police provided the man with his citations and released him with a March 24 court date.
Ticketed for driving without headlights
Brookfield police ticketed a 30-year-old Chicago woman on Feb. 2 for driving without headlights.
Around 9:13 p.m., an officer on patrol saw the vehicle heading east on Ogden Avenue with its headlights off. The officer initiated a traffic stop at the intersection with Sunnyside Avenue, where the driver said she had never been issued a driver’s license.
The officer told the woman her car would need to be towed and transported her to the police station so she could wait while they completed paperwork and a ride. A court date was set for March 24, and police released the woman.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Feb. 2-9; 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.
