Brookfield police ticketed a 22-year-old Chicago man on Aug. 10 for speeding.
Around 9:35 p.m., an officer was patrolling in the Citi Bank parking lot at 9009 Ogden Ave. when they used the squad car radar to observe a silver Ford car traveling at 48 mph in the posted 30-mph zone. The officer activated their car’s emergency lights at the intersection with Prairie Avenue and initiated a traffic stop when the car pulled into the BP gas station off Ogden.
The officer made contact with the driver and asked the man for his driver’s license and proof of insurance, but the man indicated he did not speak English. Using a translator app, the officer spoke with the man and a passenger. After obtaining his driver’s license, the officer ran it and learned it had been suspended for “financial responsibilities,” according to police. The man said he could not provide proof of insurance.
The officer issued citations to the man for speeding 15-20 miles above the speed limit, driving on a suspended license and operating an uninsured vehicle. The officer had the car towed and set an Aug. 25 court date. The officer offered the man and his passenger a ride from the scene, but they said someone else was coming to pick them up shortly.
Suspended plates and license
Brookfield police on Aug. 17 ticketed a 28-year-old Brookfield man.
Around 9:45 a.m., an officer was on patrol, driving west on Ogden Avenue behind a black Mitsubishi whose license plates they ran and learned had been suspended for a lack of mandatory insurance on the vehicle.
The officer made contact with the driver after the car turned onto Maple Avenue and stopped at the intersection with Windemere Avenue. They explained the reason for the stop and asked the man for his driver’s license and proof of insurance, at which point they learned his license had been suspended due to a previous conviction for driving without insurance.
The officer issued citations to the man for driving a car with a suspended registration and on a suspended license and set a Sept. 22 court date before turning the car over to a passenger with a valid driver’s license.
Warrant out for his arrest
Brookfield police arrested a 63-year-old Broadview man on Aug. 14 who had a Cook County warrant out for his arrest.
Around 10:50 p.m., an officer responded to the 3000 block of Maple Avenue on a report of a suspicious person underneath one of the vehicles at the auto body shop there. There was also a bicycle in the alley. Upon arriving at the scene, the officer discovered the man pulling weeds in the alleyway next to a vehicle parked at the auto repair shop.
The officer made contact with the man, who said he had been hired to pull weeds and clean up around the business. Officers could not make contact with the owner of the business. Police took the man’s information and ran it through the police database, at which point they learned he had a warrant out for his arrest at the county level for a previous failure to appear in court.
After dispatchers confirmed the warrant, officers took the man into custody and transported him to lockup in Berwyn, placing his bicycle into the garage at the police station for safekeeping.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Aug. 10-17; 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.
