Park Cities Crime Reports April 13-19

SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: PORCH PIRATE

Reported at 6:10 a.m. April 17: A porch pirate pilfered three packages of baby formula from the front door area of a home on Greenbrier Drive.

HIGHLAND PARK

13 Monday

Reported at 11:28 p.m.: A crook tried to take a truck in the 4800 block of Abbott Avenue, damaging a door handle, but sped away in another vehicle as the owner went to investigate the truck’s alarm sounding.

14 Tuesday

Arrested at 9:43 p.m.: A 21 year old at the intersection of Abbott Avenue and Drexel Drive for possession of drug paraphernalia, a defective tail light, driving a vehicle without a license plate or registration insignia, no address change on driver’s license, and unlawfully carrying a weapon.

15 Wednesday

Arrested at 6:10 p.m.: A 59 year old in the 4700 block of Abbott Avenue for public intoxication.

Arrested at 8:55 p.m.: A 44 year old in the 4500 block of Belfort Place for burglary of a vehicle and for a warrant.

17 Friday

Reported 10:21 a.m.: A troublemaker damaged a motorized wooden gate in the 3200 block of Drexel Drive.

18 Saturday

Arrested at 2:46 a.m.: A 32 year old at the intersection of Mockingbird Lane and Airline Road for resisting arrest, search, or transport, possession of a controlled substance, and driving while intoxicated.

Arrested at 3:24 a.m.: A 19 year old in the 4700 block of Lakeside Drive for unlawfully carrying a handgun and manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance.

Arrested at 3:36 p.m.: A 32 year old in the 4200 block of Wycliff Avenue for a warrant.

19 Sunday

Arrested at 9:17 p.m.: A 28 year old in the 4200 block of Throckmorton Street for a warrant.

UNIVERSITY PARK

13 Monday

Reported at 5:18 p.m.: A jerk stole a student’s bicycle from a school on Emerson Avenue during school hours.

14 Tuesday

Reported at 1:03 p.m.: A mischief maker damaged property on Rosedale Avenue.

15 Wednesday

Reported at 8:10 p.m.: A burglar got into a vehicle at the Plaza at Preston Center.

Arrested at 8:44 p.m.: A 44-year-old woman on complaints of assault causing bodily injury and public intoxication on Amherst Street.

16 Thursday

Reported at 2:18 p.m.: A thief took stuff from a home on Purdue Street.

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Rachel Snyder, managing editor at People Newspapers, first joined the staff in 2019. She's covered everything from Dallas and University Park municipal government to business. Rachel began her journalism career at the daily newspaper The Express Star in Chickasha, Okla. She went on to work for the daily Duncan Banner in Duncan, Okla. the weekly Sand Springs Leader, and WFAA-TV in Dallas. She’s a fan of puns and community journalism, not necessarily in that order.