Crime Reports Feb. 12 – 18

SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: SCAMMED BY THE BRICKLAYER

A Highland Park man was scammed out of $1,050 after hiring a man he met at a nearby Home Depot to do some brickwork at his home in the 4600 block of Edmondson Avenue. The homeowner reported to police around 2:59 p.m. Feb. 14 that when the man came to his house two days prior to write up a bid, the rascal asked the homeowner to go outside and count the bricks and supposedly stole $300 from the homeowner’s wallet. The homeowner also gave the worker a $740 check to start the job, but he never returned.

HIGHLAND PARK

13 Tuesday

Stolen before 8:15 a.m.: the driver’s side rearview mirror from a black 2010 GMC Yukon parked overnight in the driveway of a home in the 4500 block of Bordeaux Avenue.

18 Sunday

Stolen before 6 a.m.: Highland Park lacrosse gear, valued at $450, from a 2010 black Cadillac Escalade parked overnight in the 4700 block of Bowser Avenue. The burglar attempted to steal the third-row seat from the vehicle but it was secured by a locking mechanism.

UNIVERSITY PARK

12 Monday

Shattered by brick: a window around 11:35 p.m. at a home in the 3600 block of Milton Avenue. Damage to the window and a computer monitor was estimated at $4,900.

13 Tuesday

Sometime between 7:20 and 11:17 a.m., a Trek bicycle, valued at $700, was stolen outside of McCulloch Intermediate School in the 3500 block of Granada Avenue.

14 Wednesday

Around 9:20 a.m., a man attempting to break up a dogfight in the 6200 block of Golf Drive was bitten by one of the animals.

16 Friday

A teen dancing in the middle of Preston Road was ticketed for underage drinking and possession of a fake drivers license and released to his or her parents just after midnight in the 4000 block of University Boulevard.

17 Saturday

A 30-year-old man from Memphis, Tennessee, was arrested around 12:51 a.m. and accused of stealing two packages of M&M candy and about $25 worth of cosmetics from a CVS in the 3000 block of Mockingbird Lane.

18 Sunday

Around 9 p.m., an unnamed person wearing a hoodie walked into the CVS in the 3000 block of Mockingbird Lane and threatened to shoot a clerk while demanding money from the cash register. The robber left the store with about $200 in cash but was apprehended a short distance from the story by the Dallas Police Department.

A 28-year-old DeSoto man was arrested and accused of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon just before midnight in the 3000 block of Daniel Avenue

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Bianca R. Montes

Bianca Montes is an award-winning journalist and former Managing Editor of Park Cities People. She currently serves as a Senior Editor with D Magazine's D CEO publication. You can reach her by email at Bianca.Montes@Dmagazine or follow her on Instagram @Bianca_TBD. For the latest news, click here to sign up for our newsletter.

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