Park Cities Crime Reports July 24-30

SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: PURSE SNATCHING

A purse pilferer swiped a Louis Vuitton bag from a Land Rover at a gas station in the 4400 block of Lovers Lane before 3:23 p.m. July 29.

HIGHLAND PARK

24 Monday

A crook made off with a Ford F250 Lariat parked in the 3300 block of St. Johns Drive before 5 a.m.

Reported at 10:05 a.m.: a porch pirate pilfered two packages from outside a home in the 4500 block of Lorraine Avenue. 

25 Tuesday

Arrested at 3:36 a.m.: a 21-year-old accused of possession of drug paraphernalia at Mockingbird Lane and Auburndale Avenue.

A burglar got into a Lexus SUV in the 4500 block of Lorraine Avenue and took prescription medication before 5 p.m.

Reported at 6:24 p.m.: a pilferer picked up packages containing various clothes from a home in the 4500 block of Lorraine Avenue

26 Wednesday

Arrested at 4:55 p.m.: a 19 year old accused of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon in Highland Park Village.

Arrested at 6 p.m.: an 18 year old for warrants in Highland Park Village.

A thief made off with a Chevrolet SS that was parked in the 4300 block of Westside Drive at 1:44 p.m. 

27 Thursday

Arrested at 2:40 a.m.: a 17 year old accused of unauthorized use of a vehicle and failure to identify/giving false or fictitious information in the 4500 block of Beverly Drive.

A ne’er do well drove off in a GMC Yukon that was parked in the 3200 block of St. Johns Drive before 7:39 a.m.

A bicycle burglar that took a Scott road bicycle from a garage in the 3100 block of Cornell Avenue had an AirTag that led police to the 3500 block of Herschel Avenue in Dallas, where officers found a vehicle that’d been reported stolen from Addison with bicycle tires and packages inside with addresses from across Highland Park.

28 Friday

Arrested at 12:15 p.m.: a 34 year old for warrants in the 4800 block of Lemmon Avenue

Arrested at 9:37 p.m.: a 40 year old accused of public intoxication in the 4300 block of Beverly Drive.

A fraudster forged a $9,000 check from a Highland Park United Methodist Church account at 10:26 a.m.

29 Saturday

A thief stole a Trek bicycle from the Whole Foods store in the 4100 block of Lomo Alto Drive at 11:25 a.m. 

30 Sunday

A burglar took a golf bag from a Lexus GX460 in the 4500 block of Westside Drive before 8:45 a.m.

UNIVERSITY PARK

24 Monday

A burglar broke into a home in the 4500 block of Shenandoah Avenue before 9:23 a.m. 

25 Tuesday

Arrested at 2:54 a.m.: a 33-year-old man accused of possession of a controlled substance in the 4100 block of Purdue Street

Arrested at 3:30 a.m.: a 38-year-old man accused of possession of drug paraphernalia in the 4100 block of Purdue Street.

Reported at 9:29 a.m.: a fraudster used the information of a woman from the 3200 block of Southwestern Boulevard to get a loan.

A thief swiped stuff from the Moody Family YMCA in the 6000 block of Preston Road before 2 p.m. 

26 Wednesday

Arrested at 3 a.m.: a 44-year-old woman for a warrant in the 6900 block of Preston Road

29 Saturday

A crook made off with a GMC Sierra from the 4400 block of Druid Lane before 7:45 a.m. Another stole a GMC Yukon from the 4300 block of Druid Lane before 9 a.m. 

A thief took a pair of AirPods, an iPad, and more from a vehicle parked in the 8300 block of Preston Road at 3:08 p.m. 

A burglar broke into a Land Rover in the Plaza at Preston Center at 5:35 p.m. and took stuff. 

30 Sunday

Arrested at 3:14 a.m.: a 21-year-old woman accused of possession of a controlled substance in the 3900 block of Lovers Lane

Arrested at 3:14 a.m.: a 20-year-old man accused of possession of drug paraphernalia in the 3900 block of Lovers Lane

A harasser made threatening calls to a store in the 4300 block of Lovers Lane at 11:50 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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