Park Cities Crime Reports Aug. 22-28

SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: SLOW DOWN!

A careless driver hit a speed limit sign in the 4500 block of Mockingbird Lane then continued on at 9:05 p.m. Aug. 28.

HIGHLAND PARK

23 Tuesday

Officers found a Nissan Sentra that’d been reported stolen and left parked in the 4100 block of Lomo Alto Drive at 10:25 a.m.

Reported at 11:30 a.m.: a careless driver hit a Range Rover parked in the 4600 block of N. Versailles Avenue, damaging the rear bumper and brake lamp, and left the scene without providing information.

25 Thursday

Arrested at 2:56 a.m.: a 30 year old accused of possession of a controlled substance at Roland Avenue and Rheims Place.

26 Friday

Arrested at 3:39 p.m.: a 29-year-old woman for a warrant in the 5500 block of Lomo Alto Drive.

Reported at 3:46 p.m.: a jerk drove off in a Mercedes E350 that’d been left parked in the 4200 block of Livingston Avenue with the key after going through high water Aug. 22.

28 Sunday

Arrested at 2:39 a.m.: a 41-year-old woman accused of public intoxication and for warrants in the 4100 block of Lomo Alto Drive.

A rogue took a woman’s purse containing a credit card, debit card, five $20 bills, and more from the passenger side of her Mercedes Benz in the 4200 block of Oak Lawn Avenue after a struggle with its owner at 4:49 p.m.

An intruder got into a home in the 4400 block of N. Versailles Avenue and took a $25,000 Rolex watch, a $10,000 Piaget watch, and a $10,000 necklace before 5:30 p.m.

UNIVERSITY PARK

24 Wednesday

A burglar found easy pickings of various pieces of sports equipment left in an unlocked GMC Yukon in the 3500 block of Southwestern Boulevard before 7:30 a.m.

25 Thursday

An irresponsible driver hit a Toyota SUV in the 4200 block of Lovers Lane and left the scene without providing information before 6 a.m.

26 Friday

A porch pirate pilfered a child’s Giant mountain bicycle from outside a home in the 3100 block of Westminster Avenue at 6:34  p.m.

27 Saturday

Arrested at 3:39 a.m.: a 22-year-old man accused of public intoxication in the 3500 block of Bryn Mawr Drive.

Reported at 8:01 a.m. : a thief took a Dan Wesson firearm and more from a Chevrolet Tahoe in the 3200 block of Wentwood Drive.

A burglar made off with a mountain bicycle from a home in the 4100 block of San Carlos Drive before 8:11 a.m.

A ne’er do well took a Windows Pro 7 and $3,500 worth of clothes from a Mercedes GLC parked in the 8400 block of Preston Center Plaza before 4:57 p.m.

28 Sunday

Arrested at 3:45 a.m.: a 34-year-old man for a warrant in the 4100 block of Normandy Avenue.

How easy was it for a crook to make off with a Trek bicycle from a home in the 4300 block of Shenandoah Street before 11:37 a.m.? It was taken from a open garage.

A pilferer took a backpack containing a Dell computer, an iPad, and more from an unlocked Audi parked in the 4000 block of Villanova Drive before 3:10 p.m.

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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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