Park Cities Crime Reports June 19-25

SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: FLAG PROBLEM

A jerk damaged a flag and flag pole attached to a home in the 3300 block of Westminster Avenue at 6:30 a.m. June 24.

HIGHLAND PARK

19 Monday

A careless driver in a Volkswagen Jetta continued speeding through a red light at Hillcrest Avenue and Lovers Lane after an officer tried to stop the driver for driving without license plates at 3:45 a.m. 

Arrested at 12:50 p.m.: a 56-year-old woman accused of driving while intoxicated/driving with an open alcohol container in the 4600 block of S. Versailles Avenue.

Arrested at 9:30 p.m.: a 31 year old for a warrant in the 3400 block of Lovers Lane

20 Tuesday

Arrested at 7:10 p.m.: a 29 year old accused of burglarizing a vehicle in the 4300 block of Southern Avenue

21 Wednesday

A burglar shattered the window of a Jeep Cherokee parked in the 4700 block of Abbott Avenue and grabbed an Apple Watch and $100 before 7:15 a.m. The day before, a burglar tried to break into a Honda Accord in the 3400 block of Gillon Avenue, damaging a window.

Pilferers found easy pickings of a briefcase left in an unlocked Hyundai Genesis and a Sig Sauer firearm left in an unlocked Mercedes GLC300 in the 3400 block of Lexington Avenue before 8 a.m. 

An irresponsible driver hit a Toyota Corolla parked in the north lot of Highland Park Village at 10:13 a.m. and didn’t stop to leave information. 

Reported at 10:38 p.m.: a crook took a catalytic converter from a Ford F150 parked in the north lot of Highland Park Village

22 Thursday

Arrested at 8:11 a.m.: a 38 year old accused of misapplication of fiduciary property or property of a financial institution in the 4100 block of Mockingbird Lane

23 Friday

A jerk took off the valve stem of a tire from a Chevrolet Trax in the 4700 block of Abbott Avenue at 7:50 a.m.

24 Saturday

A reckless driver drove over landscaping and a drainage pipe during a pursuit in the 3200 block of Dartmouth Avenue, damaging the pipe at 4:28 a.m. A ne’er do well also damaged a window of a Cadillac Escalade in the 3600 block of Harvard Avenue about 4:30 a.m. A crook broke a window of a Hyundai Sonata in the 3600 block of Harvard Avenue about the same time, and another resident reported a window of a Ford F150 Raptor in the 3500 block of Harvard Avenue broken. Lastly, a resident in the 3400 block of Harvard Avenue reported a would-be burglar tried to get into a Mercedes SUV in the 3400 block of Harvard Avenue and broke a window, but didn’t take anything. 

A burglar got into a Ford F150 in the 3500 block of Lindenwood Avenue at 4:28 a.m. but didn’t take anything.  

A careless driver in the wrong lane of traffic in the 3500 block of Dartmouth Avenue ran through multiple stop signs after an officer tried to initiate a traffic stop at 4:31 a.m.

A ne’er do well got into a GMC Yukon in the 4600 block of Edmondson Avenue and took a wallet at 10:24 a.m.

A trash truck driver damaged a gas meter in the 3400 block of Princeton Avenue at 3:04 p.m.

UNIVERSITY PARK

19 Monday

Arrested at 2:46 a.m.: a 31-year-old woman accused of driving while intoxicated in the 8200 block of Hillcrest Avenue.

20 Tuesday

Reported at 2:16 p.m.: a burglar found easy pickings of an iPad Air, a pair of AirPod Pros, and more left in an unlocked Land Rover in the 6900 block of Preston Road.

A shoplifter swiped various household goods from a CVS in the 6700 block of Preston Road at 4:40 p.m.

Reported at 8:58 p.m.: a jerk stole a bicycle from Highland Park ISD property in the 4100 block of Glenwick Lane.

21 Wednesday

How easy was it for a thief to get into a Ford F250 in the 3500 block of Milton Avenue and take tools before 6 a.m.? The Ford F250 was unlocked.

22 Thursday

Arrested at 3:23 a.m.: a 20-year-old man accused of possession of a controlled substance in the 6500 block of Airline Road

An opportunistic intruder got into an unlocked home in the 4100 block of Hanover Street and took $12,700 worth of jewelry, an iPhone, a Dell laptop, $300, and more before 9:33 a.m.

An opportunistic thief grabbed a Louis Vuitton tote from an unlocked Volkswagen parked in the 3000 block of Lovers Lane before 6:49 p.m.

23 Friday

A crook swiped a work trailer license plate from a vehicle in the 3800 block of McFarlin Boulevard before 2:24 p.m.

A mischief maker damaged a Range Rover in the 4200 block of Purdue Street before 6 p.m.

24 Saturday

Arrested at 3:26 a.m.: a 40-year-old man accused of public intoxication in the 8300 block of Airline Road.

A burglar broke into a Cadillac Escalade in the 3600 block of Wentwood Drive and stole a wallet before 7 a.m. 

A thief stole two T-shirts from the CVS store in the 3000 block of Mockingbird Lane before 5:03 p.m.

25 Sunday

Arrested at 3:50 a.m.: a 39-year-old man accused of driving while intoxicated in the 6900 block of Preston Road

How easy was it for a burglar to swipe a ThinkPad and more from a Tesla T3 parked in the 8300 block of Preston Road at 2:44 p.m.? The Tesla was unlocked.

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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