Crime Report

Locking Car Doors Can Prevent Theft, But There’s No Accounting For Less-Than-Clever Criminals

By Zachary Dickens / October 29, 2014 /

Let’s play a game called “Who Was Stupider?” Your choices are the victim and the perpetrator in a crime that happened between 6 p.m. on Oct. 21 and 7:45 a.m. on Oct. 22. Here’s the case for the victim, a resident of the 4000 block of Miramar Avenue: Not only did she leave her gray…

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Crime Report: Where Are You Going With That Shotgun in Your Hand?

By Zachary Dickens / October 21, 2014 /

  At 10:35 a.m. on Oct. 16, a Highland Park police officer was dispatched to the 4400 block of Highland Drive in regards to a vehicle burglary that happened the night of Oct. 14. But the victim said a report about that crime wouldn’t be necessary, because everything that was stolen was untraceable. However, the…

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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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Buyer Beware: Realtor Targeted By Aggressive Advertising Scam

By Zachary Dickens / October 9, 2014 /

A Realtor who lives in Highland Park recently learned the hard way that you should always do your due diligence before buying advertising. This Realtor, whose name we will not reveal to save her the embarrassment, went to her hometown’s police department last week to report a theft.

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Gunman Startles University Park Homeowner in Alley, Fires Shots before Departing

By Zachary Dickens / October 7, 2014 /

We’re starting off with something really scary this week. At 12:19 p.m. on Sept. 30, a resident of the 2800 block of Amherst Street took her recycling to the alley and was startled to find a stranger there. The man said nothing to her, but he pointed a pistol in her direction. The woman fled,…

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