Zachary Dickens

Crime Report: No Arrests After Highland Park Cops Make High-Speed Chase

By Zachary Dickens / September 3, 2014 /

It was another exciting Saturday night on the tony, tree-lined streets of Highland Park. At 11:49 p.m., a police officer noticed a silver 2012 Toyota Camry sitting in the 4700 block of Abbott Avenue with its high-beams on. After watching the Camry make a rolling left turn onto Knox Street without using a signal, the…

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Crime Report: Time to Ditch The Window Unit? Plus: Rapscallion With Air Rifle Plagues Park Cities

By Zachary Dickens / August 27, 2014 /

  Well, the new version of the Dallas Police Department’s incident reports are sorely lacking in interesting information. For example, we can tell you that a burglar entered a house in the 5900 block of Revere Place, just a few blocks south of Stonewall Jackson Elementary, “through the doggy door” on Aug. 18, but we…

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Crime Report: Is it Time For Bulletproof Glass in Highland Park? Plus — “This Benz is on Fiiiiiiiiire!!!”

By Zachary Dickens / August 19, 2014 /

Well, the Dallas Police Department has restored the public’s access to online incident reports. However, the juicy narratives are missing from said reports; the cops say they’re still working out the kinks. Based on how this has gone so far, look for things to be fully up and running no later than Thanksgiving. The thing…

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Crime Report: Dallas Police Provide Air Support But Miss Nabbing Burglars in Highland Park

By Zachary Dickens / August 13, 2014 /

We’re hopeful that someday, somehow, the Dallas Police Department will figure out a way to once again share their incident reports with the public. Until then, we bring you this story of a Highland Park crime that briefly involved officers from Dallas. At 5 a.m. on Aug. 5, an alarm sounded from an apartment above…

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Crime Report: Two Wheels Are Better Than None, And an Alligator Coat That Grew Legs

By Zachary Dickens / August 6, 2014 /

There was a lot of pedal pushing and finger pointing in Highland Park last week after several expensive bicycles eased on down the road. Between noon on July 27 and noon on Aug. 3, four mountain bikes with a combined value of $21,500 were stolen from an attached garage in the 3600 block of Potomac…

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