Park Cities Crime Reports May 22-28

SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: TREE TRIBULATION

Watch out for the tree: a branch fell on a Ford Edge parked in the 4500 block of Lorraine Avenue at 3:43 p.m., damaging the front passenger door.

HIGHLAND PARK

22 Monday

Arrested at 1:34 a.m.: a 25-year-old man accused of driving while intoxicated in the 4200 block of Livingston Avenue

23 Tuesday

Officers recovered a GMC Yukon that’d been reported stolen in the 4700 block of Lakeside Drive at 10:55 a.m.

Reported at 5:44 p.m.: a fraudster used the bank information of a woman from the 4400 block of S. Versailles Avenue to make $4,147 in fraudulent charges.

25 Thursday

Arrested at 12:58 a.m.: a 19-year-old man accused of possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance, and unlawfully carrying a weapon in the 4100 block of Mockingbird Lane. 

Arrested at 12:58 a.m.: a 22-year-old man accused of possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance, and unlawfully carrying a weapon in the 4100 block of Mockingbird Lane

Arrested at 12:58 a.m.: a 20 year old accused of unlawfully carrying a weapon in the 4100 block of Mockingbird Lane

26 Friday

A burglar got into a garage in the 4500 block of Rheims Place and took a $3,000 Gucci purse, a Dewalt drill and a Dewalt air compressor from inside before 2:10 a.m.

A porch pirate pilfered packages containing an AppleTV, a shirt, a pair of shoes, and AC filters from a home in the 4600 block of Southern Avenue at 9 a.m.

Arrested at 9:02 p.m.: a 40-year-old man accused of public intoxication in Highland Park Village

Arrested at 10:45 p.m.: a 26-year-old man for probation violation in the 4200 block of Mockingbird Lane

27 Saturday 

Arrested at 12:05 a.m.: a 42-year-old man accused of public intoxication in the 4200 block of Oak Lawn Avenue

28 Sunday 

Arrested at 4:50 a.m.: a 51-year-old man accused of public intoxication in the 4800 block of Preston Road

A thief made off with catalytic converters from a Toyota Sequoia parked in the 3500 block of Harvard Avenue before 8 a.m.

Shoplifters stole a $5,300 purse from the Dior store in Highland Park Village at 4:48 p.m.

29 Monday

Reported at 12:10 a.m.: a lost Van Cleef and Arpels broach from the 3800 block of Miramar Avenue

Arrested at 2:11 a.m.: a 28-year-old man accused of driving while intoxicated in the 5400 block of Auburndale Avenue

Arrested at 6:30 a.m.: a 28-year-old woman accused of driving while intoxicated in the 5300 block of Preston Road.

Reported at 1:28 p.m.: a burglar found easy pickings of an unlocked GMC Canyon parked in the 4500 block of Fairway Avenue and took $3 from inside. 

UNIVERSITY PARK

22 Monday

Reported at 12:32 p.m.: a thief took stuff from a Land Rover parked in the 4000 block of Villanova Drive.

23 Tuesday

Arrested at 1:12 a.m.: a 21-year-old man accused of driving while intoxicated in the 4200 block of Emerson Avenue. 

A burglar made off with $500, credit/debit cards, sunglasses, and more from a Bentley Continental parked in the 8300 block of Preston Road before 1:10 p.m.

24 Wednesday

A fraudster took documents, $18,750 worth of jewelry, $5,000 in cash, and more from a man from the 6200 block of St. Andrews Drive at 12:52 p.m.

A thief found easy pickings of a Louis Vuitton bag, $300, $20,000 worth of jewelry, an Apple device, and more left in an unlocked Range Rover parked in the 3500 block of Granada Avenue at 3:13 p.m.

A porch pirate picked up a Cannondale bicycle from a home in the 3300 block of Wentwood Drive before 3:15 p.m. 

25 Thursday

A burglar broke into a Ford F150 parked in the 2800 block of Dyer Street via a backseat window and took a firearm before 3 a.m.

A mischief maker broke a window of a Mercedes GLA in the 2800 block of Dyer Street before 7 a.m. 

A burglar got into a Chevrolet Tahoe in the 3400 block of Wentwood Drive and took a firearm, a bag, and a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses at 9:21 a.m.

A crook took a catalytic converter from a Nissan parked in the 3000 block of Mockingbird Lane before 11 a.m. 

26 Friday

Reported at 9:15 a.m.: a scammer used the information of a man from the 3400 block of Granada Avenue to open an account.

Reported at 2:04 p.m.: a thief made off with a wallet from a restaurant in the 8300 block of Preston Center Plaza

27 Saturday

A crook busted a window of a Mercedes in the 2900 block of Fondren Drive before 5 a.m.

A mischief maker got into a Hyundai Tucson in the 3300 block of Rankin Avenue and damaged it before 7 a.m.

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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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