Brookfield police ticketed a 35-year-old Chicago woman on Oct. 24 for driving an uninsured vehicle.
While on patrol around 12:11 a.m., an officer was driving west on Ogden Avenue near Maple Avenue behind a white Chevy car; after running the vehicle’s license plates through the police database, the officer learned its registration had been suspended due to not having the required insurance. According to police, the officer continued following the car in an “attempt to find other traffic infractions” before pulling it over near LaGrange Road in LaGrange.
After advising the driver of the reason for the traffic stop, the officer asked her for a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance, neither of which she could provide. After searching the woman’s name, the officer learned her license had been suspended “for financial reasons” and that she did not have valid car insurance…