Brookfield police responded to two reports of catalytic converter thefts on Sept. 29.
Around 3 p.m., an officer met with a woman in the police station who reported her car’s catalytic converter had been stolen. She said she had last parked her car on the street near her home on Vernon Avenue the day before around 2 p.m. She noticed a loud sound from the muffler when she started her car around 4:30 a.m. that morning to head to work, police said. A mechanic who inspected the car told the woman someone had cut off the catalytic converter and oxygen sensors.
Then, around 5 p.m., an officer responded to a residence on Sunnyside Avenue on another report of a stolen catalytic converter. The officer spoke with a man who said he had not noticed any marks or indicators on his car that it had been broken into when he was leaving for work around 5 a.m., but when his wife went to drive the vehicle later that day, it made a loud noise. The man told police he checked under the vehicle and discovered the catalytic converter had been removed.
Two package thefts, too
Brookfield police received two reports on Sept. 30 of packages being stolen.
Around 11:45 a.m., an officer was dispatched to a business on Broadway Avenue on a delayed report of a package theft. The complainant told police a package had been stolen from in front of his business on Sept. 28 around 4 p.m. and provided police with video footage of the incident. The man said the stolen items were valued around $105.
Then, around 5:15 p.m., an officer contacted a resident on Lincoln Avenue who had called to report another package theft. The woman said her video doorbell had captured footage of someone taking a package from her door around 3:45 p.m. that day. The woman said the stolen items were worth around $55.
Police did not take further action.
Slashed tires
Brookfield police on Sept. 30 responded to a report of criminal damage to a vehicle.
Around 2:15 p.m., an officer was investigating a domestic call on Kemman Avenue when they learned from a resident that someone had slashed the tires of her vehicle. The officer met with the woman in the alley and observed the vehicle parked there had flat front tires. The officer did not observe any “obvious slash marks”immediately, police said, and the woman said she suspected someone else had let the air out of her tires. She said she last saw her vehicle undamaged at 11:45 a.m. and noticed the damage around 2:10 p.m.
Later, around 3:50 p.m., the woman reached police again to share she had located slash marks on both front tires. She provided photos showing the slash marks, which police then realized could be seen from the original photos they took.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Sept. 29 to Oct. 5; 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.
