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.
