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By ALAN HAMARI
March 15, 2010 5:54 p.m. | Two hundred pairs of eyeglass frames, checks and cash were taken from two businesses in a Brookfield office building last weekend.
According to police reports:
Suspects forced their way into Milwaukee Eye Care Associates and the dental offices of Christopher Blake, 17280 W. North Ave., between 5 p.m. March 5 and 7:55 a.m. March 8.
At Milwaukee Eye Care, the suspects took the eyeglass frames, with a total value of $19,000, from a display, and about $200 in petty cash.
At the dental office, an undetermined number of non-sequential checks were taken. Police said someone tried to cash some of the checks in Milwaukee on March 6.
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By ALAN HAMARI
July 28, 2010 10:30 a.m. | Last week's torrential rains pounded Brookfield, causing dozens of flooding problems and a handful of sewer backups, but the damage was not as significant as a similar rainstorm in June 2008, city officials said.
Public Works Director Tom Grisa said the city received about 3 inches of rain in the first hour of the July 22 storm. That's a quicker pace than was seen in the 2008 storm, but rainfall totals for both storms were about 6 inches.
As of about noon Tuesday, the city had received about 60 calls about problems caused by stormwater flooding and about 18 or so sewer backups, but, Grisa said, there likely are more cases out there.
"We can only count what's reported (to us)," he said.
Still, Grisa said, the number of homes affected was substantially lower this year than in 2008 - 1,300 reports of flooding and backups came in that year. This year, the city did not have far-reaching power outages, and that likely played a part in reducing the overall impact of the storm.
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By ALAN HAMARI
July 26, 2010 4:32 p.m. | Note to all you lovebirds out there:
If you decide to send a risqué picture of yourself to your girlfriend, make sure she doesn't share her cell phone with her mother first.
An 18-year-old Glendale man got in trouble last week after he sent a nude picture of himself to his 17-year-old girlfriend in Brookfield.
The problem is, the girl shares her phone with her mother, who was the one who first saw the picture.
Brookfield cops cited the man for disorderly conduct.
By ALAN HAMARI
July 26, 2010 3:52 p.m. | Several streets in the city of Brookfield remain closed because of the high water caused by last week's torrential rains.
Capt. Jim Adlam of the Brookfield Police Department said that as of 3 p.m. today, the following roads were closed:
• Barker Road between Capitol Drive and Gebhardt Road;
• the entire intersection of Barker Road and North Avenue (the intersection was previously partially closed for road construction);
• River Road east of Barker Road;
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By ALAN HAMARI
July 26, 2010 3:50 p.m. | A 31-year-old Waukesha man was taken to the hospital for treatment last week after he dove into the shallow end of the swimming pool at a Brookfield hotel.
According to the city of Brookfield police report:
Police were called to Brookfield Suites, 1200 S. Moorland Road, about 9:15 p.m. Friday after employees reported an intoxicated man had jumped into the hotel's swimming pool and hit his head.
The man, who is on probation for his fifth drunken driving offense, was bleeding from his head when authorities arrived. He was taken to Elmbrook Memorial for treatment. A preliminary breath test recorded his blood-alcohol content at 0.18.
Brookfield police contacted the man's probation agent, but no probation hold was placed on him.
By ALAN HAMARI
July 26, 2010 3:44 p.m. | A Craigslist posting worked a little too well for some Brookfield residents last week.
A woman came to the City of Brookfield Police Department about 9 p.m. Saturday to report a theft from her home on Elmridge Avenue on the city's southeast side.
According to the Brookfield police report:
The woman said she and her husband had posted an ad on Craigslist announcing they had free chairs to give away, and someone picked up the furniture from the home shortly thereafter.
But the couple did not remove the ad from the site, and the woman later discovered that someone had taken two patio chairs - which weren't the "free chairs" mentioned in the Craigslist ad - from her front porch.
July 25, 2010 7:47 a.m. | Brookfield Central saw its baseball season come to an end yesterday in a hard-fought 1-0 loss to top-seeded Menomonee Falls in the sectional semifinal at Germantown and we've just posted a photo gallery from the game.
Central advanced to the contest with a 6-2 victory over Arrowhead on Tuesday.
Go to NOW photojournalist Peter Zuzga's photo gallery.
July 24, 2010 3:42 p.m. | Menomonee Falls beat Brookfield Central, 1-0, in an old-fashioned pitchers' duel this afternoon at a WIAA sectional semifinal in Germantown.
The Indians scored the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh and final inning in a victory that puts Falls one game away from the state tournament.
Brookfield Central losing pitcher Mike Mierow struck out the first two hitters in the seventh, then Falls designated hitter A.D. Gonzalez ripped a double down the right-field line. Ryan Romens looped a singled down the left-field line that brought home Gonzalez.
Winning pitcher Adam Rubatt allowed five hits and struck out 10. Mierow allowed six hits and struck out six in the loss.
Falls will meet the winner of this afternoon's Germantown-Slinger game in the sectional title game tonight.
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July 24, 2010 11:09 a.m. | Today's sectional baseball games at Germantown High School have been postponed to 1, 3 and 5 p.m.
Menomonee Falls takes on Brookfield Central at 1 p.m., followed by Germantown vs. Slinger at 3 p.m. The title game follows at 5 p.m.
The winner advances to the state tournament next week in Stevens Point.
July 23, 2010 2:43 p.m. | The Germantown WIAA Summer Baseball Sectional - featuring Brookfield Central, Germantown, Menomonee Falls and Slinger - has been moved from today until Saturday because of wet grounds at Germantown High School.
Fourth-seeded Brookfield Central is now scheduled to meet top-seeded Menomonee Falls at noon on Saturday, followed by the game between sixth-seeded Germantown and seventh-seeded Slinger at 2 p.m.
The winners will meet in the championship game, which is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
By ALAN HAMARI
July 23, 2010 2:30 p.m. | Elm Grove police received just six calls of flooded homes in the aftermath of Thursday night's storm, Police Chief Jim Gage said today.
Gage said there were no injuries or accidents reported, however.
Three homeowners reported sewer backups, and three homeowners said surface water caused flooding in their homes. Gage said there was some flooding of streets, but that subsided about four to six hours after the rain stopped.
Bluemound Road was closed for a brief period during the storm, and Pilgrim Parkway north of Bluemound remained closed as of 2:05 p.m. today, Gage said.
July 23, 2010 8:23 a.m. | Voting has just begun for this season's NOW All-Suburban Baseball team, now in its 21st season, and we're asking fans to help us select the area's most outstanding baseball players, including the player and coach of the year.
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July 21, 2010 8:44 a.m. | We've just posted a photo gallery from Brookfield Central's 6-2 victory over Arrowhead in a regional baseball game yesterday at McCoy Field.
With the victory, the No. 4 Lancers advance to a sectional semifinal game at 11 a.m. Friday against top-seeded Menomonee Falls in Germantown. The winner plays at 4:30 p.m. against No. 6 Germantown or No. 7 Slinger.
Go to photo gallery.
By K. L. Klein
July 19, 2010 1:38 p.m. | After weaving and braking erratically in the 1000 block of Highland Drive about 9:30 p.m. July 13, a 14-year-old Brookfield boy received a citation for driving his friends around.
According to an Elm Grove police report:
To evade police, the boy turned into a lot in the 14700 block of Watertown Plank Road and stopped. He then started to exit the lot, but stopped again. Police approached the vehicle and observed the two occupants - the boy and a 16-year-old Brookfield girl - in the front trying to switch seats. There were four occupants in the vehicle; two 14-year-old Brookfield boys were in the back seats.
Police also found alcohol in the vehicle. The girl received a citation for underage possession of alcohol and permitting an unauthorized person to operate a vehicle.
Police contacted the children's parents to pick them up.
By ALAN HAMARI
July 16, 2010 6:22 p.m. | The Elmbrook School Board on Tuesday is expected to approve the resignation of Brookfield East High School Principal Brett Bowers.
Bowers, who has been principal at East for five years, has accepted a job as principal at Homestead High School pending the board's action. His last day would be July 30.
In a memo to the board, Superintendent Matt Gibson said he does not recommend recruiting a replacement for Bowers now "given the lateness in the hiring season and available talent within the district."
Gibson said the district could appoint another administrator to become principal at East or could appoint an interim principal for the 2010-11 school year and conduct a normal recruitment process in the second semester.
Gibson will give an update on the district's next step at the meeting, which will be held at 7 p.m. at the Central Administration Office, 13780 Hope St.
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