Crime
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.
Read moreGun 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.
Read moreCar 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.
Read moreCrime 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.
Read moreHPDPS 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.
Read moreCrime 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.
Read moreFormer 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.
Read moreCrime 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.
Read moreCrime 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.
Read moreSnapchat 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
Read morePolice Investigate Fatal Shooting Near Love Field
Dallas police are investigating the murder of a woman who was gunned down in her parked car Sunday night in
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