Riverside police arrested a Riverside man Feb. 18 for retail theft.
On Feb. 13 around 5:45 p.m., Riverside officers were dispatched to the Rmarts 76 gas station, 3346 S. Harlem Ave., on a report of a theft. The gas station clerk told police he saw a repeat customer who lived nearby steal two Monaco canned cocktails around 1:30 p.m. that afternoon. The clerk said he reviewed security footage that showed the man placing the two cans in his jacket before walking out of the store.
An officer asked the clerk to pick a photo of the thief out from a lineup later that day. Police said he picked out one man whom an officer recognized from previous incidents.
Police said officers arrived at the man’s address nearby on Feb. 18 to make contact with him. When asked, the man told police he knew that they were there about the gas station, police said.
An officer placed the man into custody and transported him to central lock up in Berwyn, where he was read his Miranda warning. The man declined to give a statement to police before he was processed and released on pretrial conditions with a court date. Police transported the man back to his residence and let him go on his way.
Police respond to reckless driving call
Brookfield police responded to a report of a reckless driver Feb. 19 but did not arrest anyone.
Around 1:15 p.m., the police department received a call about a reckless driver near the intersection of 31st Street and Oak Avenue. The caller told police she was parked near the car in question on the 3300 block of Oak Avenue.
After responding to the area, an officer spoke with the woman, who said a car parked on the street was the one being driven recklessly. The officer made contact with a man sitting in the driver’s seat and explained the car had been reported for reckless driving. The man told the officer he had “never” driven the car and was only sitting in the driver’s seat outside his own residence. When asked, the man could not provide a driver’s license, but he reiterated that he had not driven the car.
The officer told the man not to drive without a driver’s license and let him go on his way.
Hit and run reported
Brookfield police responded to a delayed report of a hit and run on Feb. 21 but did not arrest anyone.
Around 3:40 p.m., an officer responded to the call on the 3100 block of Park Avenue. After making contact with the caller, the officer learned that the man’s cousin’s car had been struck earlier that day. He said he had called the police after returning home from work just 10 minutes earlier when he noticed damage to his cousin’s car.
The officer observed that the car in question had a cracked driver’s side headlight and damage to the front bumper. According to police, the man said he checked his Ring doorbell camera and did find footage of the damaging incident; he also said he tried to contact his cousin about the damage but could not reach him at work.
The officer returned to the station and tried to call the man’s cousin about the case, but he did not respond, so the officer left a voicemail.
These items were obtained from the Riverside Police Department reports dated Feb. 13-18 and the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Feb. 17-24; 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.
Correction, Feb. 27, 2025, 9:45 a.m.: A previous version of this story misstated the name of the gas station. It is a 76 gas station. The Landmark regrets the error.
