Drunk driver found asleep at the wheel in Brookfield

Brookfield police arrested a 25-year-old Chicago man on Aug. 17 for driving drunk.

Around 4 a.m., police responded to the intersection of 47th Street and Plainfield Road on a report of a suspicious automobile after dispatchers reported a silver Honda was parked on the side of the construction lane with a traffic horse under the car. At the scene, an officer observed a scene matching the report and initiated a traffic stop.

As they approached the car, which was still running, the officer observed two men sleeping in the driver and passenger seat and smelled a “strong odor” of alcohol. They also saw several open containers of alcohol within the vehicle. The officer reached into the car to place it into park and remove the keys from the ignition…

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