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Park Cities Crime Reports Aug. 3 – 9

A smash-and-grab burglar, porch pirates and more plagued the Park Cities Crime Reports for Aug. 3-9
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SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: SMASH AND GRAB

Reported at 5:32 p.m. Aug. 8: A burglar smashed a window of a vehicle in the 3600 block of Crescent Avenue and stole a Gucci wallet with a cosmetic bag, $500 in cash, 50 Euros, credit and debit cards, and more.

HIGHLAND PARK

3 Monday

Arrested at 2:29 a.m.: A 41 year old man in the 3000 block of Mockingbird Lane for evading arrest and driving while intoxicated.

Reported at 11:40 a.m.: A careless driver hit a vehicle in a parking lot at Highland Park Village and left without providing information.

Arrested at 5:34 p.m.: A 23 year old in the 3400 block of Harvard Avenue for a warrant.

4 Tuesday

Reported at 3:36 p.m.: A porch pirate pilfered a package containing a red dot sight for a pistol from a home in the 3800 block of Maplewood Avenue.

Arrested at 10:13 p.m.: A 41 year old in the 3500 block of Lexington Avenue for a warrant.

5 Wednesday

Arrested at 12:54 a.m.: A 44 year old for driving while intoxicated in the 4500 block of Mockingbird Lane.

Arrested at 8:17 a.m.: A 51 year old in the 4800 block of Preston Road for a warrant.

Reported at 4:22 p.m.: A pilferer stole a package from a home in the 4300 block of Fairway Avenue.

6 Thursday

Arrested at 3:31 a.m.: A 27 year old in the 5500 block of Douglas Avenue for driving while intoxicated and warrants.

7 Friday

Reported at 12:04 p.m.: A shoplifter took four racks of baby back ribs and a half-gallon bottle of orange juice from the Whole Foods store in the 4100 block of Lomo Alto Drive.

8 Saturday

Arrested at 2:43 a.m.: A 46 year old in the 3300 block of Drexel Drive for possession of drug paraphernalia, driving without insurance, driving with expired registration, defective brake lights, driving without a valid license, and warrants.

9 Sunday

Arrested at 10:56 p.m.: A 27 year old for driving while intoxicated in Highland Park Village.

UNIVERSITY PARK

4 Tuesday

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Reported at 5:53 a.m.: A thief stole things from a vehicle on Hanover Street.

Reported at 6:54 a.m.: a burglar may have taken stuff from a vehicle on Stanford Avenue.

Reported at 9:10 a.m.: A mischief maker burglarized a vehicle on Colgate Avenue.

Reported at 9:15 a.m.: A crook broke into a vehicle on Colgate Avenue overnight.

Reported at 10:51 a.m.: A ne’er do well stole tools from a construction site on Purdue Street.

6 Thursday

Reported at 8:43 a.m.: A fraudster used the information of a resident on Stanhope Drive to defraud them.

Reported at 9:58 a.m.: A swindler used the information of a resident of Bryn Mawr Drive at a wireless store.

7 Friday

Reported at 7:49 a.m.: A burglar got into a vehicle on Bryn Mawr Drive.

Reported at 8:38 a.m.: A crook burglarized a vehicle on Bryn Mawr Drive.

Reported at 9 a.m: A mischief maker damaged property on Bryn Mawr Drive.

Reported at 9:46 a.m.: A ne’er do well damaged property at Bryn Mawr Drive.

Reported at 10:30 a.m.: A jerk vandalized a vehicle on Bryn Mawr Drive.

Reported at 11:26 a.m.: A burglar got into a locked vehicle on Centenary Drive.

Reported at 1:58 p.m.: A crook got into a vehicle on Bryn Mawr Drive.

8 Saturday

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Reported at 5:31 p.m.: A ne’er do well broke into a vehicle in the 3400 block of Centenary Drive.

9 Sunday

Reported at 9:10 a.m.: A resident on Westminster Avenue was assaulted.

Reported at 1:28 p.m.: A fraudster used the information of a resident on Amherst Street.

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Rachel Snyder, managing editor at People Newspapers, first joined the staff in 2019. She's covered everything from Dallas and University Park municipal government to business. Rachel began her journalism career at the daily newspaper The Express Star in Chickasha, Okla. She went on to work for the daily Duncan Banner in Duncan, Okla. the weekly Sand Springs Leader, and WFAA-TV in Dallas. She’s a fan of puns and community journalism, not necessarily in that order.
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