Park Cities Crime Reports July 10-16

SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: BAG BANDIT

A burglar broke into a Porsche Cheyenne parked in Highland Park Village by smashing a window and grabbing a Rolex bag and empty watch package (still estimated to be worth $200) from inside at 6:26 p.m. July 13.

HIGHLAND PARK

10 Monday

An 18-wheeler driver hit tree limbs in the 4600 block of Mockingbird Lane at 9:36 a.m.

A careless driver hit a Chevrolet Tahoe parked in the 4500 block of Arcady Avenue before 4:30 p.m. and didn’t leave information. 

11 Tuesday

Arrested at 7 p.m.: a 30 year old for a warrant in the 4500 block of Beverly Drive

Reported at 2:11 p.m.: a porch pirate pilfered a package containing $400 worth of clothes from a home in the 4600 block of Lorraine Avenue.

12 Wednesday

Reported at 2:50 p.m.: a fraudster used a Tulsa man’s stolen credit card information to charge a total of $8,578.43 from various stores in Highland Park Village, the Ritz Carlton, and Isabelle’s. 

13 Thursday

Arrested at 12:02 a.m.: a 32-year-old man accused of failure to identify/providing false/fictitious information, evading arrest or detention, resisting arrest, search, or transport, and manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance in the 4600 block of Bowser Drive.

14 Friday

A reckless driver ran over and felled a stop sign in the 4900 block of Eastern Avenue at 8:21 a.m.

Arrested at 3:43 p.m.: a 21-year-old man for a warrant in Highland Park Village.

A driver in a tractor-trailer hit a tree limb in the 4600 block of Lorraine Avenue at 5:17 p.m. 

An irresponsible driver hit the left side mirror of a Nissan Rogue stopped at Roland Avenue and Mockingbird Lane at 11:23 p.m. and continued without stopping to leave information. 

15 Saturday 

Arrested at 2:45 a.m.: a 19-year-old man accused of public intoxication in the 3600 block of Stratford Avenue

Arrested at 7:30 p.m.: a 34-year-old woman accused of public intoxication, resisting arrest, search, or transport, and harassment of a public servant in Highland Park Village.

UNIVERSITY PARK

10 Monday

A crook drove off in a Toyota 4Runner parked in the 6600 block of Snider Plaza before 12:30 a.m.

A shoplifter slipped away with $343.84 worth of merchandise from a store in the 6700 block of Preston Road at 6:39 p.m.

A thief took a Trek bicycle from the Moody Family YMCA in the 6000 block of Preston Road at 8 p.m.

11 Tuesday

A burglar got into a Lexus NX parked outside a store in the 7000 block of Snider Plaza and took a bag and an iPhone at 6:52 p.m.

13 Thursday

How easy was it for an intruder to get into a home in the 2700 block of Purdue Street and take a purse and wallet before 6 a.m.? A door to the home was unlocked.

A ne’er do well found easy pickings of a bag with debit cards and more left in an unlocked Lexus GX4 in the 4000 block of Amherst Street at 7:37 a.m.

Crooks took an Infiniti G37 from the 4200 block of University Boulevard overnight before 9 a.m. 

A thief took a Mongoose bicycle from an alley in the 3400 block of McFarlin Boulevard before 9 a.m. 

A mischief maker broke into a Toyota Highlander in the garage at the Moody Family YMCA in the 6000 block of Preston Road at 5:08 p.m. 

14 Friday

A jerk broke a pickup truck window in the 3200 block of Villanova Drive overnight before 6:20 a.m. 

16 Sunday

Reported at 7:58 a.m.: a crook made off with a Mercedes from the 4500 block of San Carlos Drive

A burglar took stuff from a Porsche Cayenne in the 4400 block of San Carlos Drive before 9:55 a.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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