crime in the park cities

Crime Report: More Details on The Beverly Drive-By Shooting

By Zachary Dickens / January 21, 2015 /

We have a few more details regarding the Jan. 9 drive-by shooting on Beverly Drive in Highland Park. They don’t pertain to a suspect or a motive, but they are details. When police returned to the scene of the crime on Jan. 10, they found bullet holes at two homes in the 3300 block of…

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Crime Report: Lock Your Car and Take Your Louis Vuitton Inside, Park Cities!

By Zachary Dickens / November 4, 2014 /

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but police in the Park Cities largely filled their time last week with two types of incidents: burglars breaking into SUVs to steal third-row seats, and thieves helping themselves to all of the loot that Parkies leave inside their unlocked vehicles. The 3900 and 4000 blocks of Miramar…

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Crime Report: Hoodlums Are Targeting SUVs With Third-Row Seats Again

By Zachary Dickens / October 14, 2014 /

The theft of third-row seats from SUVs has been termed a “vicious circle.” Burglars steal the seats and sell them to dealers, who sell them back to the victims, who reinstall them in their vehicles, which are then potentially burglarized again. This has been a problem for years in the Park Cities and the surrounding…

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