Brookfield police arrested a 44-year-old Brookfield man on March 31 for domestic battery.
On March 25 around 6:15 p.m., police were dispatched to a residence on Forest Avenue for a report of an unwanted subject after a man called to complain about a woman causing a disturbance and refusing to leave the property.
After arriving, one of the officers spoke with the man, who said the woman had arrived before he called and walked out after a verbal argument, and he locked the door behind her. The man told police she had previously lived at the residence but did not any longer and that none of her property was inside. He said he wanted the woman escorted off the property.
The woman told police she had woken up inside the residence and made them both breakfast before the argument started, at which point he grabbed her neck and squeezed it. Officers observed a bruise on the woman’s neck. She said this behavior was “a common practice” from the man, police said, and that another incident occurred on March 21.
That day, she told the man to “shut up” during a separate argument, police said, angering the man into chasing her into the basement, where he charged at her and struck her on her right inner thigh multiple times. She showed officers photographs of her legs immediately after the attack and gave police the contact information of a friend with whom she had confided about the incidents.
An officer spoke with the man, who denied grabbing the woman by the neck. Police also called the woman’s friend, who corroborated her stories.
The woman agreed to sign a complaint at the police station, where she showed police further evidence of other times the man had attacked her. He had even been arrested by Chicago police after one of the incidents, she said, but the charges were then dropped.
Police attempted to speak with the man again at his residence but found he was not there; after a phone call, they learned he was heading out of town. The man told police he would report to the police station the next day.
Police attempted to contact the man at his home and over the phone repeatedly over the next several days, but the man did not return communication and did not appear to be home during this time. On March 31, one officer noticed the lights were on in the man’s residence, and they went out after the officer knocked on the door.
Around 10:15 p.m. on March 31, the man arrived at the police department, where he was read his Miranda warning, arrested and transported to lockup at the Berwyn Police Department to await transportation to the Maywood Courthouse the next day.
Expired plates, suspended license
Brookfield police on March 25 ticketed a 36-year-old Brookfield man whose vehicle’s license plates had expired.
While patrolling around 2:43 p.m., an officer was heading north on the 3700 block of Forest Avenue behind a silver Chevy when they ran its license plates and learned the registration had expired in 2024.
The officer pulled the car over at Lincoln Avenue and made contact with the driver, who was not able to provide a valid driver’s license or proof of insurance. After running the man’s information, the officer learned his license had previously been suspended due to unpaid fees.
The officer cited the man for expired registration, a lack of insurance and driving on a suspended license. The officer set a May 26 court date and allowed the man to leave the scene after he legally parked his vehicle.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated March 23-31; 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.
