Crime
Crime Reports August 12 – 18
SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: FOILED BY TECHNOLOGY OnStar to the rescue! Reported on Aug.17: The vehicle tracking and communication system
Read moreCrime Reports Aug. 5 – 11
What’s a shoplifter to do when without a bag within which to conceal sweet-smelling loot? Steal one of those, too. Reported at 9:53 a.m. Aug. 6: An opportunistic thief used one off the shelf on Aug. 5 to conceal fragrances and leave Ulta in Preston Forest Village.
Read moreCrime Reports August 5 – 11
A resident in the 3800 block of Lovers Lane confronted a landscape worker caught taking a package off the front porch at 5:35 p.m. Aug. 9 and The worker returned the items – or so it seemed. Upon later examination, the resident noticed that one item was still missing.
Read moreCrime Reports July 29 – August 4
Reported at 8:13 p.m. on July 31: A rogue snuck into a backyard in the 11000 block of Lawn Haven Road on July 29 and stole some pool equipment. No word on whether the thief took a quick dip before leaving.
Read moreCrime Report: July 29 – August 4
Reported at 7:30 a.m. on July 31: Twenty pieces of lumber – out of a 60-piece delivery – were stolen from a construction site at the 3600 block of Lindenwood Avenue between July 30 and 7:29 a.m. July 31.
Read moreCrime Reports July 22 – 28
SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: SLEEPY THIEF Sometimes, you’ve got to have the best for your bedtime routine: On July 25,
Read moreGilstrap-Portloy Gets Six Years Probation
A jury has given Sydney Gilstrap-Portloy, a 26-year-old who posed as a high school student at Hillcrest in 2018 and dated a 14-year-old, six years probation, per officials.
Read moreCrime Reports July 15 – 21
SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: STILL NEEDS WASHING? Reported at 8:21 a.m. on July 20: A man, thinking his white 2008
Read moreInter-School Dating Causes Fight at Caruth Park
According to numerous Facebook posts, students at Highland Park High School were growing angry that students from Jesuit, a college preparatory school in Preston Hollow, were “dating too many girls from Highland Park.”
Read moreCrime Reports July 8 – 14
a postal worker noticed a change of address that looked suspicious in the 3500 block of Drexel Drive and after checking with the homeowners concluded that it was fraudulent and the “new address” was to an abandoned house.
Read moreIs Reporting Crimes Too Much Trouble?
A Preston Hollow man, who had his pickup twice targeted by criminals in one week, found his interactions with the Dallas Police Department also frustrating.
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