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Crime: 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.
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Crime: 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.
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Crime 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.
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Crime: 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.
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Crime: 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.
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Crime 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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HP Police Investigate Condo Ransacking
One Highland Park condo owner was on the receiving end of a messy - and expensive - bit of criminal mischief on March 28.
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Crime Reports: March 18 – 24
Reported at 2:48 p.m. March 23: a resident of the 4200 block of Bordeaux Avenue received between March 5 and March 15 bills totaling $245.16 for several magazines he didn't subscribe to including SLAM, Architectural Design, Consumer Designs, Family Handyman, Wired, Wine Enthusiast, and OK! He also received these magazines he didn't order: Motor Trend, Consumer Reports, Sports Illustrated, and Fine Homebuilding.
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Crime Reports: March 11 – 17
Good on this employee from Bank of America on Hillcrest Avenue: A customer attempted to open a checking account on March 12, but the employee immediately recognized the customer's information - his drivers license and a debit card - as forged. The employee i called the police, and the customer fled the bank on foot. Police tracked him down, eventually, and took him into custody.
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Gun Stolen in UP Used in Carjacking
Gun advocates say that a firearm is but a tool, and in the hands of a law-abiding citizen, it has a legitimate purpose in protecting people and property.
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Car hits two pedestrians, kills one, at NorthPark Center
A vehicle struck two pedestrians in the NorthPark Center parking center around 10 p.m. on March 11, killing one and injuring another.
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Crime Reports: March 4 – 10
Credit card fraud no doubt ruined the day of a resident at the 3200 block of Beverly Drive on March 7, but one metal-head thief is particularly happy: The card, a Chase Visa, was used at GuitarCenter.com around 8:30 a.m. for two purchases - one for $269.54 and the other for $285.74.
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HPDPS Warns of Scammer Pretending To Be an Officer
Highland Park Department of Safety (HPDPS) learned Wednesday of a phone scam where the caller posed as a Highland Park police officer and demanded payment on a warrant for failing to appear for jury duty.
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Crime Reports: Feb. 25 – March 3
Remember that Leslie Gore song, "I'm Going Out the Same Way I Came In?" Well apparently, two men who visited a home in the 3600 block of Greenbrier Drive around 3 p.m. March 1 didn't and left the house with two $6,000 chairs.
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Former UP Tennis Coach Convicted of Molesting Underage Player
A Dallas County jury has convicted Stoyan Anastassov, a former tennis coach who taught private lessons in University Park, of two counts of indecency with a child.
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Crime Reports: Feb. 18 – 24
A 67-year-old female is out one piece of jewelry after the person who took her ring to get cleaned - a ring valued at $500 - just never came back.
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Crime Reports: Feb. 11 – Feb. 17
One person went above and beyond in her quest to steal two bottles of wine from Whole Foods on Lomo Alto Drive: She took the bottles into the bathroom with her, removed the security devices, and then attempted to leave without paying for them.
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Snapchat Drug Deal Gone Bad
New details surrounding a drug deal that left a former Highland Park High School student dead have tempered following the arrest of 23-year-old Rene Eduardo