Brookfield police arrested a 61-year-old Brookfield man on March 18 for driving drunk after responding to a report of a crash.
Around 10:45 p.m., officers responded to the 4000 block of Maple Avenue on the report, where they observed a dark blue car facing southwest with heavy front passenger side damage and a black car parked directly north of the blue car with rear bumper damage.
Two officers approached the blue car and made contact with the driver and sole occupant, who was standing just behind it; one of the officers noted a strong alcoholic odor from the man’s breath as he spoke, slurring his words.
The man told police he had been driving the blue car before the crash, when he swerved after seeing a rodent or small animal run into the street. The man said he didn’t recall striking the black car. He said he had been coming from the Cordial Inn and had drunk three rum and Coke mixed drinks while there.
Paramedics with the Brookfield Fire Department arrived on the scene and medically cleared the man before he agreed to police’s request that he take field sobriety tests, during which the officer observed multiple signs of impairment. The man declined to take a preliminary breath test.
Police arrested the man for driving under the influence at 11:23 p.m. and transported him to the Brookfield police station, where he again declined to take a chemical breath test after a 20-minute observation period.
Police charged the man with driving under the influence and failing to reduce his vehicle’s speed to avoid a crash and set an April 21 court date before driving him back to his residence.
Police respond to domestic dispute
Brookfield police on March 19 responded to Congress Park School in response to a domestic disturbance, but no one was arrested.
Around 3:30 p.m., an officer responded to the school after a woman reported her husband had entered her vehicle against her wishes in an effort to speak with her while both of them were there to pick their daughter up from school, leading to a verbal altercation. The officer spoke to the man, who affirmed his wife’s report; he said he entered her vehicle to try and discuss issues in their relationship and that she drove off after he exited the vehicle.
The officer responded to the family’s home address, shared by the man, and spoke to the woman, who said she called police because she did not want him inside her vehicle due to how he acts when he gets angry. She told the officer her father was on the way to pick her son up from school to bring him home.
About 20 minutes later, the officer responded to the residence again on a second report of a domestic incident and spoke with the woman, who said her husband had blocked her vehicle into the driveway to prevent her from leaving after she told him she was bringing their children to her parents’ house.
The man told the officer he did not want the children to go to his wife’s parents’ house in their best interest and offered to leave the home if they did not go. After speaking with the officer, the woman agreed to the conditions. The officer explained to her the process to obtain an order of protection before taking the man’s house keys from him at her request, which he gave willingly.
The officer remained on the scene until the man left, at which point police took no further action.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated March 18-23; 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.
