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Vol. 41, No. 4
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January 28, 2026
Cub Scouts Pack 24 celebrates 75 years
ICE agent charged in Brookfield battery case Robert Held was attacked by a federal immigration agent on Dec. 27
The Riverside pack, one of the oldest in nation, began in 1951 and numbers 84 scouts
By STELLA BROWN Staff Reporter
Brookfield police have charged an agent of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with one count of misdemeanor battery in the case of a civilian lawyer who was attacked on Dec. 27 in town. In an emailed statement on Thursday, Jan. 22, Brookfield Police Chief Michael Kuruvilla said the offender had been “charged, cited and released” after cooperating with Brookfield investigators. A court date has been set but was not specified in the statement. Reporting on Jan. 23 by the New York Times refers to the man, Adam Saracco, as an ICE agent who was off duty at the time of the incident. The Times reported that Saracco was at the gas station in Brookfield after leaving the See ROBERT HELD on page 7
By STELLA BROWN Staff Reporter
PROVIDED BY ROBERT HELD
Immigrations and Custom Enforcement agent Adam Saracco was charged with one count of misdemeanor battery by Brookfield police.
Cub Scout members and leaders celebrated Riverside’s Pack 24’s 75th anniversary at their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20, by throwing the pack a birthday party, complete with games for the Scouts and birthday cake. “We started out with a little introduction explaining Scouting was started in 1910 in the United States, and shortly after that, the first Cub Scout pack started in Port Angeles, [Washington,] which was in the 1920s. The first one locally was in Naperville, which started in 1945, and we started in 1951,” said David Reed, the pack’s Cubmaster and the face of its leadership. “We’re one of the oldest Cub Scout packs in the whole country.” Reed said the group gave the Scouts honorary patches from BSA, the organization that oversees Scouting, to mark the anniversary. “We had a lot of party games, and it was definitely See SCOUTS on page 8
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