Brookfield police on July 23 arrested a 44-year-old Stone Park man after they caught him speeding.
Around 7:15 p.m., an officer was heading southeast along Grand Boulevard on patrol when they observed a black car traveling in the opposite direction at a “high rate of speed.” Using the squad car’s radar, the officer determined the car was traveling 40 mph in the posted 25-mph zone. The officer made a U-turn and pulled the car over near the intersection of Kemman Avenue and 30th Street in LaGrange Park.
The officer explained the reason for the stop to the driver and requested his driver’s license and proof of insurance. The man said he had never been issued a license. The officer ran the man’s name through the police database and learned his license status was revoked due to a previous DUI charge.
The officer had the man exit his car and placed him under arrest before having his car towed and transporting him to the Brookfield Police Department. Police fingerprinted the man due to there being multiple arrest warrants for other people using his name as an alias. The fingerprinting confirmed his identity, police said.
Police charged the man with speeding, driving on a revoked license and driving without having been issued a license and set a Sept. 22 court date before releasing the man to his wife.
Stolen car wheel
On July 21, Brookfield police responded to a report of a motor vehicle burglary.
Around 9:30 p.m., an officer responded to the 4100 block of Arthur Avenue, where they met with the complainant, who said someone had removed her tire after the last time she had parked it around 6 p.m. that day, at which point all four tires were in working order.
The woman said that later in the evening, she had gotten into her car and tried to drive it when she heard a loud noise and the car abruptly stopped soon after it started. The woman said she got out and saw the back-passenger side tire and wheel assembly had been removed, with some wooden blocks positioned to support the car where the tire had been removed.
The woman told police she had not given anyone permission to access her car or remove the tire and that she had no idea who would have done so. She said she and her sister had checked the area for surveillance footage but that the only camera that might have captured footage was inactive during the time of the incident.
Police did not take further action, according to the report.
Catalytic converter theft
Brookfield police responded to a report of a potential attempted theft of a vehicle on July 20.
Around 6 a.m., police responded to the 9000 block of Jackson Avenue to meet with the complainant, who told dispatchers he had discovered a carjack underneath his car and observed what he thought could be blood nearby.
The man reiterated the information to the officer and said the car had been parked in that location for two days. He said he believed an unknown person may have tried to steal the car between the previous day and that morning, as he had driven past earlier the previous day and did not notice the carjack then. The man said the thief or thieves did not gain entry to the car but that the carjack had punctured its floorboard and became lodged beneath the vehicle.
The officer canvassed the area to find Ring cameras that may have captured the incident. Of the two cameras they found, one did not record the incident according to the owner while police could not get in contact with the owner of the other camera.
Police provided the man with the police report number, and he said he needed no further assistance. Around 7:30 a.m., the man reached out to police to share that he had removed the carjack and discovered the car’s catalytic converter had been stolen.
Police did not take further action, according to the report.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated July 20-27; 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.
