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Park Cities Crime Reports Aug. 31 – Sept. 6

Bicycle and scooter thieves, vehicle burglars and more plagued the Park Cities from Aug. 31 to Sept. 6
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SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: SCOOTED AWAY

Reported at 1:37 p.m. Sept. 6: A stealer swiped a scooter from a porch of a home on Purdue Street.

HIGHLAND PARK

31 Monday

Arrested at 5:30 a.m.: A 29 year old for public intoxication at the intersection of Abbott Avenue and Drexel Drive.

Reported at 7:03 a.m.: A stolen vehicle from the 4400 block of Lomo Alto Drive.

Reported at 7:04 a.m.: A brazen burglar shattered a window of a GMC Sierra in the 4400 block of Westway Avenue and rummaged through it, leaving some items on the street near the vehicle, but didn’t take anything.

Reported at 1:26 p.m.: A scammer attempted to use the information of a resident of the 4500 block of Beverly Drive to commit fraud.

1 Tuesday

Reported at 7:08 p.m.: A reckless driver hit a vehicle in a parking lot of Highland Park Village and left the scene without leaving information for the owner of the vehicle that was struck.

2 Wednesday

Arrested at 1:56 a.m.: A 33 year old for a warrant at the intersection of Armstrong Parkway and Cowper Avenue.

Arrested at 1:14 p.m.: A 52 year old for driving while intoxicated and for a warrant at the intersection of Beverly Drive and Preston Road.

3 Thursday

Reported at 4:57 p.m.: A burglar broke a window of a vehicle parked in a parking lot for the Shops of Highland Park in the 4200 block of Oak Lawn Avenue and stole a small purse containing medication.

5 Saturday

Arrested at 1:30 a.m.: A 44 year old for warrants at the intersection of Mockingbird Lane and Bishop Boulevard.

Reported at 1:35 p.m.: A careless driver hit a Porsche vehicle that was parked in the 4500 block of Rheims Place without leaving information.

Arrested at 6:08 p.m.: A 25 year old for a pedestrian in roadway charge, resisting arrest, search or transport, and possession of a controlled substance in the 4200 block of Oak Lawn Avenue.

6 Sunday

Arrested at 1:44 a.m.: A 25 year old for driving while intoxicated in the 4200 block of Beverly Drive.

UNIVERSITY PARK

1 Tuesday

Reported at 5:58 a.m.: A mischief maker damaged property on University Boulevard.

Reported at 7:51 a.m.: A ne’er do well damaged property on Bryn Mawr Drive.

Reported at 8:10 a.m.: A damager broke a window vehicle on Purdue Street overnight.

Reported at 8:14 a.m.: A burglar broke into a vehicle parked on the street on Bryn Mawr Drive.

Reported at 8:26 a.m.: A destructor damaged property on Bryn Mawr Drive.

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Reported at 8:29 a.m.: A crook burglarized a vehicle on Purdue Street.

Reported at 8:37 a.m.: A mischief maker damaged property on Marquette Street.

Reported at 9:01 a.m.: A destructor damaged property on Hanover Street.

Reported at 9:57 a.m.: Damaged property on Hanover Street.

Reported at 10:41 a.m.: Destruction or damage of property on Southwestern Boulevard.

Reported at 1:17 p.m.: A fraudster used the information of a resident of Binkley Avenue to defraud the resident.

Reported at 8:37 p.m.: A theft by online transaction affecting a resident on Stanford Avenue.

2 Wednesday

Reported at 8:13 a.m.: A thief stole items from the driveway of a home on San Carlos Drive.

3 Thursday

Arrested at 2:04 a.m.: A 44 year old for a warrant in University Park.

Arrested at 2:50 a.m.: A 39 year old for driving while intoxicated and possession of a controlled substance on Turtle Creek Boulevard.

Reported at 8:36 a.m.: An opportunistic thief stole two Trek bicycles from the front yard of a home on Marquette Street.

Reported at 5:12 p.m.: A swindler used the information of a resident on Purdue Street to commit identity theft.

4 Friday

Reported at 5:53 p.m.: A trespasser at a home on Lovers Lane.

5 Saturday

Reported at 7:36 a.m.: Theft at a home on Milton Avenue.

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Reported at 10:41 a.m.: A porch pirate pilfered a bicycle from the porch of a home on Stanford Avenue.

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Rachel Snyder

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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.
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