Daytime burglary in Brookfield continues recent trend

A series of daytime burglaries in Brookfield continued early last week, city of Brookfield police said.

According to a police report, two flat-screen televisions were taken from a home in the 15000 block of Santa Maria Drive between 7:30 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. May 23. Loss is estimated at $2,300. A front door was kicked in to gain entry.

Three similar cases were reported in the city between May 16 and May 19.

In those incidents, a television valued at $1,329 was taken from a home in the 3200 block of Burlawn Parkway on May 16 and a television valued at $1,500 was taken from in the 12000 block of Pinewood Ridge on May 17.

On May 19, a woman in the 16000 block of Elderlawn Parkway reported the front door of her home was broken open, and upon emerging from a bedroom she saw a man fleeing the home through the front door.

She was unable to provide a description of the perpetrator.

Following last week's break-ins, Police Capt. Jim Adlam urged residents to report suspicious activity and vehicles in their neighborhoods to police.