Crime Report: Lock Your Car and Take Your Louis Vuitton Inside, Park Cities!
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Park Cities residents have an awful time remembering to lock their car doors, which is a boon for thieves.
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 Avenue were ripe for the picking on the evening on Oct. 27. At one house, a thief stole a $3,500 diamond-and-gold bracelet and a credit card after rummaging through a purse left inside a silver 2007 Lincoln Navigator. The victim said this was the second time her vehicle has been burglarized at her home; she admitted that she’d left it unlocked both times.
Such behavior is common in her ’hood. That same night, thieves stole two packages of Apple software and a pair of women’s running shoes from a silver 2014 Land Rover, and $12 in cash from a white 2013 Mercedes. Neither vehicle was locked.
Click through for a roundup of last week’s other residential crimes in the Park Cities:
A friendly reminder to the folks of the Park Cities. Three easy steps to curb auto burglaries.
Between 7 a.m. and midnight on Oct. 26, a thief entered a white 2014 Audi in the 4300 block of Edmondson Avenue and stole a $1,300 Louis Vuitton handbag, an $800 Louis Vuitton purse, $200 in cash, four credit cards, and a debit card. The car was left unlocked in a garage that was left wide open because there is a closed gate at the end of the driveway.
Between 5 p.m. on Oct. 24 and 7 a.m. on Oct. 27, a thief stole 30 sheets of OSB (oriented strand board) from a construction site in the 4300 block of Arcady Avenue.
Between 11 a.m. on Oct. 26 and 8:15 a.m. on Oct. 27, a burglar broke into a black 2010 Cadillac Escalade in the 3900 block of Amherst Street and stole the $1,000 third-row seat.
Between 1 and 9 a.m. on Oct. 29, a thief stole a $200 Garmin GPS and a $100 pair of earrings from a green 2006 Honda Odyssey that had been left unlocked in the 4300 block of Emerson Avenue. The GPS was found on the ground nearby.
Between 2 and 9 a.m. on Oct. 29, a thief stole a $300 pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses from a black 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe that had been left unlocked in the 4300 block of Emerson Avenue.
Between 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 and 6 a.m. on Oct. 31, a thief stole a $300 Samsung phone, two wallets, six debit cards, a credit card, and $10 in cash from a black 2006 Hummer H2 that had been left unlocked in the 2900 block of Lovers Lane.
At 12:10 p.m. on Oct. 31, a resident of the 3600 block of Lexington Avenue reported that $7,700 worth of jewelry was stolen from her house, where two rooms are being renovated. She last saw the jewelry on Oct. 27, and several contractors had been in the house since then.
Between 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 31 and 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 1, a burglar broke into a white 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe in the 4400 block of Shenandoah Avenue and stole the $500 third-row seat.
Between 9 p.m. on Oct. 31 and 10 a.m. on Nov. 1, a burglar broke into a gray 2008 GMC Yukon in the 4200 block of Lomo Alto Drive and stole the $3,000 third-row seat, a $150 tennis racket, a $100 tennis bag, a $100 baseball glove, a $100 baseball bat, a $50 baseball helmet, and a $20 baseball bag.
At 8 a.m. on Nov. 1, a resident of the 4300 block of Lorraine Avenue found a laptop computer and docking station in the grass next to his house. Police turned the laptop on and found that it belonged to a Dallas resident with an extensive criminal history.
Between 6 p.m. on Nov. 1 and 7:50 a.m. on Nov. 2, a burglar broke into a black 2011 GMC Yukon in the 6700 block of Dublin Street and stole a $400 iPad, $200 worth of Nike apparel, and $100 in cash.
Between 11 p.m. on Nov. 1 and 9:40 a.m. on Nov. 2, a burglar broke into two vehicles in a driveway in the 3900 block of Glenwick Lane — a gray 2015 GMC Yukon and a gold 2002 Acura SUV — and stole a $200 Tory Burch wallet, $55 worth of filled-out checks, three credit cards, and a driver’s license.
Between 11 p.m. on Nov. 1 and 11 a.m. on Nov. 2, a thief stole a Social Security card, a Sam’s Club card, and a passport from a white 2001 Land Rover that had been left unlocked in the 6000 block of St. Andrews Drive.
Between 6 p.m. on Oct. 30 and 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 2, a burglar broke into a black 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe in the 4300 block of Stanhope Drive and stole the $1,00 third-row seat.
