Brookfield police arrested a 40-year-old Oak Forest woman on March 2 after an officer witnessed her almost being hit by a car.
Around 8 p.m., an officer was on patrol on Ogden Avenue when they witnessed the woman walking in the roadway, narrowly avoiding being hit by a vehicle before she walked up to her car, which was street parked with a wheel mounted on the curb. The officer parked in a nearby parking lot and made contact with the woman, who said she had tried to park her car but had accelerated too hard and hit the low curb.
The officer noticed the woman had “glossy, bloodshot eyes” and “appeared confused,” and there was vomit on the ground by the driver’s door; they also smelled an alcoholic odor emanating from the woman’s breath. When asked for her driver’s license, the woman shrugged and said it was somewhere in her car, police said.
After being advised of the reason for the officer’s contact, the woman said she knew she had been in the street but did not know she had almost been hit by a vehicle. After multiple requests from the officer, the woman found her driver’s license within her car and provided it.
When asked, the woman said she had vomited on the ground. She said she had been coming from work and had drunk two beers “down the street” about half an hour earlier, police said. The officer told the woman they were suspicious of DUI, to which the woman said she had been drinking, according to police.
The woman agreed to take field sobriety testing, during which she failed to follow instructions. She also agreed to take a preliminary breath test, during which she again failed to follow instructions, so no blood alcohol content level was returned.
The officer arrested the woman and transported her to the Brookfield Police Department, where the woman could not accurately say what time it was or at first remember when she had last eaten. She struggled to recall at what time she had been approached by the officer and said she believed she had been at a gas station then. After a 20-minute observation period, the woman declined to take a chemical breath test.
Police cited the woman for driving under the influence and failing to provide proof of insurance before setting an April 20 court date. She was given paperwork relating to her citations and car tow and released from the station.
Expired plates and license
Brookfield police on March 6 ticketed a 46-year-old Brookfield woman.
Around 8:30 a.m., an officer was on patrol, heading north on Maple Avenue at the intersection with Prairie Avenue, when they observed a silver car with license plates that they ran and learned to be expired.
The officer pulled the car over at Bartlett Avenue and made contact with the driver, who provided proof of insurance and a driver’s license, which the officer ran and learned had expired less than a year ago. The officer issued the woman two citations and set a March 24 court date.
Suspended registration
Brookfield police ticketed a 28-year-old Berwyn woman on March 6.
Around 8:45 a.m., an officer was heading west on 31st Street, approaching Maple Avenue, when they observed a white car, which had its registration suspended due to a lack of insurance. The officer pulled the car over at Arthur Avenue and made contact with the driver.
The woman was unable to provide either a driver’s license or proof of insurance. She told the officer she had no insurance, police said, and the officer ran her information and learned her license had been expired since 2022.
The officer ticketed the woman for driving with an expired license of over one year, driving without insurance and driving on a suspended registration. The officer set a March 24 court date and provided her with pre-trial paperwork, advising her against driving.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated March 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.