Brookfield police cited a 53-year-old Brookfield woman and a 56-year-old LaGrange man on Sept. 18 for illegally selling alcohol without a liquor license.
Around 5:30 p.m., an officer was dispatched to La Cabañita on Ogden Avenue for an alcohol compliance check after village administration told police the business was reportedly serving alcoholic beverages without a valid liquor license, having been cited in June for the same offense.
The officer entered the restaurant and spoke to two employees to ask about the sale of alcoholic beverage without a license, which one of the employees confirmed. A male employee told the officer it was his fault the alcohol was sold and turned over the $5.50 the restaurant had earned from the sale of a beverage.
The officer informed the employee that the restaurant’s liquor license remained invalid and that he and the owner would receive local ordinance citations. The officer charged the man for selling alcohol without a license and set an Oct. 5 adjudication date. The officer told him the restaurant could not serve alcohol without a valid liquor license, which the man acknowledged.
Police undertook efforts to reach the owner of the restaurant in order to issue her citation to her, finally making contact on Sept. 25 at her residence. Police charged her under village code for being the licensee whose employee violated village code by selling alcohol without a license and set an Oct. 5 adjudication date for her as well.
Driver charged after car struck by BNSF train
Brookfield police cited a 66-year-old Westchester man for failing to reduce speed and other code violations after his car drove onto the BNSF railroad and was struck by a train.
On Sept. 19 around 9 p.m., an officer responded to the area of Eberly and Ogden avenues on a report of a vehicle that had been struck by a train. The officer observed a vehicle located on the railroad tracks on the embankment north of Ogden Avenue. The officer speculated the car had “left the roadway, mounted the curb, continued up the embankment and become stuck on the tracks” before the train struck it.
The officer saw LaGrange police assisting the driver down the embankment. The man said he was not injured but he was unsure of what happened. The man gave police permission to enter his vehicle to retrieve his ID. While interacting with the man and his car, police did not detect any usual indicators of impairment by alcohol, like an alcoholic odor in the car or on the man’s breath or his slurring words.
After firefighters transported the man to the hospital for further evaluation, the officer reviewed video footage of the incident, which showed the man’s car heading north on Eberly Avenue. At the stoplight, the man’s car proceeded north through Ogden Avenue with a green light and continued on, appearing to brake before failing to stop and traveling up the embankment and onto the railroad tracks.
Police issued citations to the man for failing to reduce his car’s speed, driving without insurance, reckless driving and stopping a vehicle on the railroad tracks.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Sept. 15-21; 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.
