Park Cities Crime Reports Oct. 2-7

SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: PLUMBING EQUIPMENT PILFERED

A pilferer found easy pickings of thousands of dollars worth of equipment left in an unlocked Dodge Ram in the 4100 block of Southwestern Boulevard before 12:35 p.m. Oct. 5.

HIGHLAND PARK

2 Monday

Arrested at 5:13 p.m.: a 46-year-old woman for a warrant in the 3600 block of Beverly Drive.

3 Tuesday

A mischief maker damaged a “no parking” sign in the 3100 block of Mockingbird Lane around 11:20 a.m.

4 Wednesday

Reported at 10:07 a.m.: A scammer used the credit card information of a man from the 4200 block of Armstrong Parkway to make a $10,500 charge.

5 Thursday

A nearby resident found a Trek Wahoo bicycle with a bike lock wrapped around the frame left in an alley behind a home in the 3400 block of Princeton Avenue before 3 p.m.

7 Saturday

Arrested at 8 p.m.: a 32-year-old accused of public intoxication in Highland Park Village.

8 Sunday

Arrested at 12:42 a.m.: a 37-year-old woman accused of driving while intoxicated in the 3100 block of Mockingbird Lane.

A burglar broke into a Jeep Grand Cherokee in the 5100 block of Douglas Avenue before 7:15 a.m. by breaking a window and grabbed a laptop from inside.

A jerk scratched a Jeep Wrangler parked in the north lot of Highland Park Village before 2 p.m.

UNIVERSITY PARK

2 Monday

Reported at 1:43 p.m.: a thief found easy pickings of a Trek bicycle left on the porch of a home in the 3000 block of Amherst Street.

No time was given for the arrest of a 26-year-old man accused of resisting arrest, search, or transport in the 3300 block of Amherst Street.

3 Tuesday

A fraudster provided false information at the Bank of Texas Park Cities location in the 6700 block of Preston Road at 12:59 p.m.

No time was given for the arrest of a 29-year-old woman accused of tampering with a government record in the 6700 block of Preston Road.

4 Wednesday

No time was given for the arrest of a 46-year-old man for a warrant in the 4200 block of University Boulevard.

5 Thursday

A mischief maker damaged a home window in the 3700 block of Binkley Avenue at 6 p.m. 

No time was given for the arrest of a 57-year-old man for a warrant in the 4500 block of Shenandoah Avenue.

6 Friday

Reported at 4:03 p.m.: A scammer used the information of a man from the 4100 block of Emerson Avenue to forge checks totaling $14,600. 

No time was given for the arrest of a 44-year-old woman accused of public intoxication in the 8300 block of Preston Road.

7 Saturday

A fraudster took $507,000 from a man’s bank account in the 3700 block of Wentwood Drive at 3:42 p.m.

A thief stole stuff from a home in the 6700 block of Preston Road at 9:43 p.m. 

No time was given for the arrest of a 23-year-old woman accused of aggravated robbery in the 6700 block of Preston Road.

No time was given for the arrest of a 28-year-old man accused of aggravated robbery in the 6700 block of Preston Road.

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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