SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: GIFT CARD FRAUD
Reported at 1:09 p.m. Sept. 28: A scammer purporting to be from the sheriff’s office seeking to collect money for an outstanding warrant took $3,600 via gift cards and money transfers from a resident in the 4200 block of Lomo Alto Drive.
HIGHLAND PARK
28 Monday
Arrested at 1:10 a.m.: A 25 year old for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon at the intersection of Wycliff Avenue and Throckmorton Street.
29 Tuesday
Reported at 8:09 a.m.: An opportunistic thief drove off in a Lincoln Navigator belonging to a resident in the 4500 block of Westside Drive that may have had a key in the center console. The vehicle was later found in Dallas.
Reported at 9:07 a.m.: A fraudster altered checks written by a resident in the 3500 block of Mockingbird Lane.
3 Saturday
Reported at 10:13 p.m.: A crook took a Trek Marlin 5 bicycle from a home in the 3500 block of St. Johns Drive.
UNIVERSITY PARK
28 Monday
Reported at 10:23 a.m.: A mischief maker damaged a vehicle on Grassmere Lane.
Reported at 7:53 p.m.: A disturbance led to a crash in Snider Plaza after which the driver left the scene.
29 Tuesday
Reported at 4:03 p.m.: A harasser on Purdue Street.
30 Wednesday
Reported at 10:30 a.m.: Contractors trespassing on a property on Hanover Street.
Reported at 2:10 p.m.: A fraudster used the information of a resident on Lovers Lane.
Reported at 2:31 p.m.: A thief stole things from a CVS store on Preston Road.
Reported at 4:47 p.m.: A burglar got into a vehicle on Preston Road.
Reported at 6:39 p.m.: A hit-and-run crash on Lovers Lane.
1 Thursday
Reported at 3:35 a.m.: A thief stole a cell phone from a convenience store on Hillcrest Avenue.
Reported at 9:17 a.m.: A crook took things from a home on Caruth Boulevard.
2 Friday
Reported at 11:47 a.m.: A ne’er do well stole something from a vehicle on Purdue Street.
3 Saturday
Reported at 3:59 a.m.: A motor vehicle theft on Wentwood Avenue.
Reported at 11:42 a.m.: A bicycle was stolen from a home on Stanford Avenue.
Reported at 11:53 a.m.: A burglar got into a vehicle in University Park.
Reported at 1:59 p.m.: A crook burglarized a vehicle on Preston Road.
4 Sunday
Reported at 9:03 a.m.: A license plate was stolen from a vehicle on Bryn Mawr Drive.
Reported at 1:03 p.m.: A thief took things from a home on Centenary Drive.
Reported at 6:34 p.m.: A destructor broke a window of a home on Shenandoah Avenue.
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