Crime & Real Estate

July 7, 2016: Real Estate Community Honors Our Fallen Heroes

By Candy Evans / July 7, 2017 /

This is the memorial for the five officers brutally slain last year in Dallas during a peaceful demonstration. Called the Circle of Heroes, it was created and funded by Dallas real estate developers as a dedicated a memorial. The six bronze plaques are mounted on stones that surround a flagpole. The location is along the…

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WalletHub Grabs Headlines With Miserable Methodology For Judging State Safety

By Jon Anderson / June 9, 2017 /

On June 6, WalletHub released the results of a “study” ranking 2017’s Safest States in America.  Texas ranked 41 out of 50 states.  You may recall a pair of columns I recently wrote detailing overall USA, Dallas and specifically high-rise crime.  Both columns showed that Dallas hasn’t been as crime-free as it is today since…

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Drama in 3500 Block of Beverly Drive in Highland Park

By Candy Evans / December 15, 2016 /

Update 4:00 pm: Very sad to report that the man, who was an intruder, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. When police arrived on the scene, the intruder refused to surrender.  SWAT was called and they were able to evacuate two people from the residence from the roof.  Then when SWAT entered the home, they…

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About Wednesday’s Preston-Royal Burglary: Ram the Bastards!

By Candy Evans / September 9, 2016 /

We have to meet this homeowner: I am knocking on his door. You will want to tuck this strategy away for future reference should your home be burglarized: JUST RAM THE BASTARDS! Here is what the Dallas police tell me went down in my Preston-Royal neighborhood Wednesday around noon when I heard police choppers swooping…

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Don’t Mind That Police Helicopter, That Suspect Running With a Gun: Just a Normal Day in Preston Royal

By Candy Evans / September 7, 2016 /

Just a normal day in the Preston Royal neighborhood here. There is a burglary that just happened at 11012 Westmere, south of me, cluster of pretty homes on a lake, while on Royalshire and Northaven a homeowner has a suspect at gunpoint. Yes, I was told he had him/her on the ground and he is…

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