Crime
Crime Reports April 29 – May 5
Did the car thief have to hot wire a vehicle stolen from the 6300 block of Waggoner Drive? Nope. The keys were still in it, according a report made at 4 p.m. May 1.
Read moreCrime: April 29 – May 5
A five-crystal gold necklace was found at 12:21 p.m. in front of Highland Park Town Hall on April 2. The necklace was inventoried and placed in the Highland Park Department of Public Safety evidence locker.
Read moreCrime Reports April 22 – 28
SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: WEDDED MISS A Neiman Marcus box containing a gold Flux napkin ring didn’t make it to
Read moreCrime Reports: April 15 – 21
SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: SWEET SMELLING SCOUNDRELS Reported at 1 p.m. April 18: Two women shoplifted $7,303 worth of fragrances
Read moreUPDATE: Man Arrested in Sandwich Shop Stabbing Near SMU
An employee was stabbed by a co-worker at Jimmy John’s on Hillcrest – across the street from SMU – on
Read moreCrime: April 15 – 21
Moosa the dog served mandatory quarantine after biting a man on the hand at 8:14 p.m. outside a home in the 5000 block of Holland Avenue. The man, who was taking his trash out to the curb when bit, took himself to Presbyterian Hospital. Moosa was ordered to stay indoors for 10 days.
Read moreCrime: April 8 – 14
Reported in the 3400 block of Milton Avenue at 2:13 p.m. April 9: a bad day for a groomer. A 29-year-old woman was blow-drying a cat, who got scared and bit her.
Read moreCrime Reports April 1 – 7
Reported at 12:23 p.m. – In this week’s edition of Why-Did-They-Take-It? – a crook made away with a handheld scanner that an employee had left on a shelf at the Walgreens on Northwest Highway.
Read moreCrime: April 1 – 7
Talk about getting a head start on your holiday shopping: Sometime between 7:30 a.m. April 1 and 6 p.m. April 2, a home at the 4500 block of Fairway Avenue was broken into and property stolen, including a bag containing a Christmas tree and a box containing Christmas ornaments.
Read moreCrime: March 25 – 31
Is George Foreman planning a comeback? The front grill was stolen off a 2016 Chevy pick-up truck at 10:09 a.m. from the 8800 block of Boedeker Street.
Read moreCrime Reports: March 25 – 31
We’ve heard of “dress for success,” but this is ridiculous: After loitering in the store for a few minutes, a man grabbed approximately 24 dress shirts from a table at Jos. A Bank on Oak Lawn Avenue at 4:35 p.m. on March 28 and ran out the front door without paying. He was seen driving off in a dark-colored 2019 Mitsubishi SUV. Each shirt cost $100.
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