University Park Police Department
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UP Police Offers Simple Fix to Thwart Taillight Thieves
Thieves need less than two minutes of time and a few basic tools to steal taillights from late-model Ford pickup trucks, such as the F-150, F-250, and Raptor.
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Park Cities Crime Reports Aug. 9-15
Read the Park Cities Crime Reports for Aug. 9 – Aug. 15.
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Fob Fallacies: Auto Thefts Up with New Tech
The Park Cities are known in the Dallas area as safe communities where the most common crimes are low-level offenses like petty theft.
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Crime Reports Sept. 9 – 15
Locking your car and garage should always be on your "to-do" list; just ask this resident in the 4500 block of Emerson Avenue who failed to do both and had $4,100 in jewels stolen sometime between 2 and 2:45 p.m. Sept. 9 from his unlocked car in his open garage.
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Crime Reports Aug. 26 – Sept. 1
At 8:37 a.m. Sept. 1, officers found a white Ford Explorer illegally parked in the 3300 block of Mockingbird Lane between two signs and forcing eastbound motorists to drive over the yellow lines. After a wrecker service loaded it onto a tow truck, the owner, who was attending church, came out and said she didn't know she was parked illegally.
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Crime Reports August 19 – 25
When the driver of a Nissan Altima was stopped by University Park police officer he did what any innocent person would: Ran!
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Crime Reports August 5 – 11
A resident in the 3800 block of Lovers Lane confronted a landscape worker caught taking a package off the front porch at 5:35 p.m. Aug. 9 and The worker returned the items - or so it seemed. Upon later examination, the resident noticed that one item was still missing.
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Crime Report: July 29 – August 4
Reported at 7:30 a.m. on July 31: Twenty pieces of lumber - out of a 60-piece delivery - were stolen from a construction site at the 3600 block of Lindenwood Avenue between July 30 and 7:29 a.m. July 31.
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Inter-School Dating Causes Fight at Caruth Park
According to numerous Facebook posts, students at Highland Park High School were growing angry that students from Jesuit, a college preparatory school in Preston Hollow, were "dating too many girls from Highland Park."
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Crime Reports July 8 – 14
a postal worker noticed a change of address that looked suspicious in the 3500 block of Drexel Drive and after checking with the homeowners concluded that it was fraudulent and the "new address" was to an abandoned house.