Park Cities Crime Reports May 15-21

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SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: BLUSH BANDIT?

A pilferer made off with two liquid blushes from the Chanel store in Highland Park Village before 3:56 p.m. May 15. 

HIGHLAND PARK

16 Tuesday

A thief made off with a Mercedes GLE 350 that belonged to a woman from the 4600 block of Fairfax Avenue before 10:55 a.m. Police were able to track the Mercedes to Garland.

17 Wednesday

A fraudster scammed a woman in the 4600 block of Belclaire Avenue out of $1,500 and her driver’s license number before 10:37 a.m.

Stolen before 1 p.m.: a woman’s black Mercedes, a MacBook Air, a Wilson tennis racquet, and antique door knobs in the 4600 block of Fairfax Avenue.

Before 4:42 p.m., two bicycles were stolen from a home in the 4200 block of Lomo Alto Drive.

18 Thursday

A woman’s car was damaged in a collision at the intersection of Mockingbird Lane and Preston Road. The driver did not leave identifying information, but the woman recorded their license plate number.

Four thieves stole $2,905.75 worth of American Airlines miles from a woman in the 4300 block of Mockingbird Lane before 5:32 p.m.

19 Friday

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A reckless driver hit a man’s car parked outside his house in the 3400 block of Dartmouth Avenue and didn’t leave identifying information before 1 p.m.

Before 5:46 p.m., a man’s Ray-Ban Sunglasses and three 50-round boxes of ammunition were stolen from the 3600 block of Harvard Avenue.

20 Saturday

A black Mercedes with a falsified paper tag was parked outside of Mi Cocina in Highland Park Village around 5:26 p.m.

21 Sunday

A burglar stole a bicycle from a home in the 4200 block of Lomo Alto Drive before 2:16 p.m.

UNIVERSITY PARK

15 Monday

A 33-year-old was charged on a warrant around 12:45 a.m. in the 2800 block of University Boulevard. In the same stop, a 25-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman were arrested for possessing synthetic narcotics.

A 45-year-old man’s Canon camera worth $300 was stolen from his home in the 3200 block of Northwest Parkway before 11:37 a.m.

Burglarized before 7:34 p.m.: a 24-year-old man’s car in the 8300 block of Preston Road.

16 Tuesday

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A jerk stole three bicycles from a man before 8:39 a.m. in the 2800 block of Fondren Drive.

Before 9:05 a.m., a burglar broke into a 40-year-old man’s car and stole stuff in the 2900 block of University Boulevard.

18 Thursday

A 55-year-old woman’s home was burglarized before 12:08 p.m. in the 3800 block of Northwest Highway.

A 67-year-old woman was arrested on a warrant around 9:38 p.m. in the 3100 block of Westminster Avenue.

20 Saturday

A 29-year-old drunk driver was caught in the 3200 block of Lovers Lane before 10 p.m.

21 Sunday

A thief stole almost $100 of consumable goods from Hillstone before 8:42 p.m.

A 54-year-old man was arrested for driving while intoxicated and getting in an accident in the 3600 block of Northwest Parkway around 9:26 p.m.

An 18-year-old man was arrested on a warrant in the 2700 block of Daniel Avenue before 10:45 p.m.

Rachel Snyder

Rachel Snyder, former deputy editor at People Newspapers, joined the staff in 2019, returning to her native Dallas-Fort Worth after starting her career at community newspapers in Oklahoma. One of her stories won first place in its category in the Oklahoma Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest in 2018. She’s a fan of puns and community journalism, not necessarily in that order.

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