Brookfield police ticketed a 26-year-old Chicago woman on Dec. 3 for illegally impeding traffic.
Around 9:12 a.m., an officer on patrol observed a car heading west on the 9100 block of Ogden Avenue that came to a stop on the road without the hazard lights activated, unlawfully blocking the traffic behind them. The driver exited the vehicle and went into the CarStar auto body repair shop. The officer made a U-turn to get behind the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop.
As the officer was providing information about the car’s registration to dispatchers, the driver exited the shop and approached the officer, who requested that she provide a valid driver’s license. The woman said she had never been issued one.
The officer cited the woman for operating a car without a valid license and placed her under “custodial arrest” before releasing her on pre-trial conditions, police said. The woman gave the officer her keys to move the vehicle somewhere it could be legally parked, and the officer cleared the scene.
Expired plates and license
Brookfield police on Dec. 4 ticketed a 45-year-old Chicago man after they discovered his vehicle’s registration had expired.
Around 5:17 p.m., an officer on patrol on the 9300 block of Ogden Avenue observed a car with an expired registration tag. The officer ran the license plates through the police database and learned they were, in fact, expired. The search also showed that the registered owner’s driver’s license had expired in September 2024.
The officer pulled the car over and spoke with the driver, who provided his license but could not provide proof of insurance. The officer checked again and confirmed the man’s license had expired.
The officer cited the man for driving an uninsured vehicle, driving with expired registration and driving with an expired license. The officer relocated the car with the man’s consent and legally parked it before setting a Dec. 23 court date and sending him on his way.
Sleeping driver arrested
Brookfield police arrested a 70-year-old Maywood man after they found him asleep behind the wheel on Dec. 5.
Around 7:09 p.m., an officer responded to the corner of 31st Street and Kemman Avenue on a report of a sleeping driver. Upon arrival, the officer saw the car in question and initiated a traffic stop, making contact with the driver after waking him. The man said he was “extremely tired” and explained he had just dropped his girlfriend off at a party in Dalton, police said.
When asked, the man provided his driver’s license, which the officer ran and learned had expired in 1985. The officer relayed this information to the man, who said he knew as much and was going to court due to recently receiving a citation for it. The officer asked the man to step out of his car and placed him under arrest. He legally parked the man’s car in a nearby parking lot for his girlfriend to pick up later before transporting him to the police station.
The officer processed the man without incident, police said, and charged him with illegally stopping in the roadway and driving on a revoked license. The officer set a court date of Jan. 13, 2026, for the man and sent him on his way.
Driving in the dark without lights
Brookfield police cited a 65-year-old woman on Dec. 7 after she failed to use her car’s headlights and taillights when required.
Around 9:40 p.m., an officer was driving south on the 4200 block of Eberly Avenue behind a black Mazda that was not using its lights in the dark. The officer also ran the car’s license plates and learned the registration had expired.
The officer pulled the car over at the intersection with Cossitt Avenue in LaGrange. The driver provided a Texas driver’s license, which the officer found to be expired. She also provided an expired Illinois ID. The woman could not provide proof of insurance, though she said the car was insured.
The officer had the woman’s car towed and cited her for driving an uninsured vehicle with expired registration on an expired driver’s license. The officer set a Dec. 23 court date and sent the woman on her way after dropping her off at a nearby Dunkin Donuts.
These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Dec. 1-8; 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.
