Park Cities Crime Reports April 3-9

SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: DOGNAPPING

Reported at 9:04 a.m. April 3: a dognapper stole a Yorkie from outside a home in the 4000 block of Druid Lane.

HIGHLAND PARK

3 Monday

Arrested at 2:48 a.m.: a 32-year-old accused of running a red light and driving while intoxicated in the 5300 block of E. Mockingbird Lane.

A box truck driver hit and broke a mirror on a Ford F150 parked in the 4800 block of Douglas Avenue at 10:45 a.m.

A pilferer took four packages containing $1,400 worth of wrapping paper from St. Michael’s Women’s Exchange and $12,605 worth of shirts from James Perse from a truck parked across from Celine in Highland Park Village before 1:10 p.m.

An opportunistic burglar took a Cannondale bicycle from the open garage of a home in the 2300 block of Cornell Avenue before 3 p.m.

5 Wednesday

Arrested at 3:59 a.m.: a 22-year-old man accused of engaging in organized criminal activity in the 5700 block of North Central Expressway

Arrested at 3:59 a.m.: a 21-year-old accused of engaging in organized criminal activity in the 5700 block of North Central Expressway

Arrested at 4:24 a.m.: a 21-year-old accused of engaging in organized criminal activity in the 5700 block of North Central Expressway

Arrested at 9:20 a.m.: a 23-year-old man accused of engaging in organized criminal activity in the 5700 block of North Central Expressway

6 Thursday

The driver of an 18-wheeler with a dump trailer was cited for driving an unregistered motor vehicle and displaying the wrong license plate in the 3500 block of Beverly Drive at 1:53 p.m.

Reported at 7:56 p.m.: a fraudster used the information of a woman from the 4500 block of S. Versailles Avenue to cash $1,522.53 in checks.

7 Friday

A burglar took a Boss media system from a Jeep Grand Cherokee in the 4700 block of Abbott Avenue before 10:33 a.m. 

Reported at 4:24 p.m.: A careless driver damaged a BMW M4 parked in the north lot of Highland Park Village and left without providing information. 

8 Saturday

A driver in a Ford F150 hit a Honda Accord, causing the Accord to veer off the roadway and hit a street sign at 2:40 p.m. in the 4400 block of Arcady Avenue

Arrested at 4:45 p.m.: a 22-year-old accused of violating bond or a protective order in the 4200 block of Arcady Avenue

9 Sunday

Arrested at 2:03 a.m.: a 25-year-old woman for a warrant in the 4100 block of Mockingbird Lane.

UNIVERSITY PARK 

3 Monday

Arrested at 1:14 a.m.: a 32-year-old man accused of possession of a controlled substance in the 8400 block of Preston Road.

Arrested at 10:45 a.m.: a 43-year-old man accused of violating a bond/protective order in the 3800 block of University Boulevard

An officer received a report of an anonymous threat against Highland Park High School in the 4200 block of Emerson Avenue at 10:50 a.m.

A shoplifter stole stuff from the CVS store in the 6700 block of Preston Road at 1:25 p.m. 

4 Tuesday

A mischief maker damaged a pair of Lexus RXs parked in the 3500 block of Rankin Avenue before 6:08 p.m. 

6 Thursday

A thief found easy pickings of office equipment and more from an unblocked Mercedes GLE350 parked in the Plaza at Preston Center before 1:13 p.m. 

A burglar got into a Buick Encore, an Acura MDX, and an Infiniti MDX parked in the Highland Park High School garage in the 4200 block of Emerson Avenue before 8 p.m.

Another shoplifter stole stuff from the CVS in the 6700 block of Preston Road at 10:02 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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