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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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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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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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Crime Reports: Feb. 4 – Feb. 10

It was a busy Friday night / Saturday morning for one group of vandals in Highland Park. Starting before midnight and continuing into the wee hours of the morning, the vandals broke the windows of four different vehicles parked along the 4500 and 4600 block of Abbott Avenue.

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Crime Reports: Jan. 28 – Feb. 3

A delivery truck got entangled in overhead telephone wires, which were hanging lower than normal.

Local Children Return Wallet Full of Cash

The children, without even thinking about the possibilities took the wallet to the police station.

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Crime Reports: Jan. 21 – Jan. 27

Everyone needs a good suit, but this is ridiculous: At 7:12 p.m. Jan. 21, a 6-feet-2, 240-pound bald man, described as being between 40 and 50, grabbed 10 blue coats at Jos. A. Bank in the Shops at Highland Park and fled without paying.

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Crime Reports: Jan. 14 – Jan. 20

A 57-year-old Highland Park woman just can’t escape the ghosts of her old license plates. At 3 p.m. on Jan. 14, she reported that plates stolen off of her vehicle back in October had been recently flagged by police in a different jurisdiction for violating traffic laws.

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Crime Reports: Dec. 31 – Jan. 6

After crashing her Chevrolet Sonic at the intersection of Armstrong Parkway and Douglas Avenue, a 38-year-old Dallas woman abandoned the vehicle and took off by foot. Why? She had several alcoholic drinks during pizza with friends, she told police around 9:28 p.m.