Alleged Crime & Real Estate

One More Reason to Love East Dallas: Munger Place Neighbors Nab Burglar Together

By Joanna England / September 24, 2015 /

It was so cool to see my old neighborhood in the news, and for a good reason. Neighbors on Reiger Avenue had been plagued by teenage burglars and vandals breaking into their cars and relieving them of their property, but one thief was caught in broad daylight by a bunch of fed-up Munger Place residents.…

Gables Park 17 Murder: Resident Says Security Lax at Luxury Apartment Building

By Candy Evans / September 4, 2015 /

Update 4:44 pm: we have reached Michael Shaun Jackson and will be speaking with him directly. He tells me he IS a current resident at Gables Park 17, but plans to move out at month’s end. Michael Shaun Jackson, a former resident of the Gables Park 17, says security is lax at the building where…

Murders in Dallas Up 17% Over Last Year — Could Be Why People Are Buying North?

By Candy Evans / September 1, 2015 /

Major cities, including Dallas, have a problem: murder rates are up in more than 35 major cities, when compared to a year ago.  After years of declines — as I recall, the murder rate was horrendously high in the late ’80s and early ’90s, the years of crack-cocaine, pinnacling in 1993 when more than 2,200…

Highland Park Morning Family Tragedy May Have Been Suicide

By Candy Evans / July 11, 2012 /

Update: It was revealed that John Steele was taking Ambien for sleeplessness, a powerful drug that’s been linked to strange behaviors while the patient is asleep but acting in a wake state. A tragically sad and disturbing story in the 3200 block of Cornell Avenue in Highland Park, where bystanders and police are now saying…