SOMEONE GRABBED THE GAS.

Making your own soda has become pretty popular in recent years. The do-it-yourself ease of the Soda Stream is supposed to make the process simple and save money in the long run.

“It’s a very good product,” Vivian Wagner says.

She had recently purchased a couple small carbon dioxide canisters to help carbonate her homemade sodas. Unfortunate-

The Victim: Vivian Wagner

The Crime: Burglary of a motor vehicle

Date: Saturday, Nov. 3

Time: Between midnight and 5:30 a.m.

Location: 7000 block of Gaston ly, she had left them in her car, and they were taken in a recent car break-in.

“The dog was anxious to go out about 5 a.m., so we took it out for a walk about 5:30,” she says.

What she found was her car full of broken glass. Also taken were a carton of bungee cords and a car shammy. For such a small amount of stolen property, it will cost about $300 to repair the window. Wagner says several other car break-ins have happened in the area recently, and she and her husband have been victims of the same crime three times in their 20 years at the home.

Dallas Police Sgt. Keitric Jones of the Northeast Patrol Division encourages residents to practice the department’s “Lock, Take, Hide” approach: lock cars, take keys and hide any belongings left in the car. Through the last 10 years, police credit the awareness of the program in reducing automobile break-ins. Statistics show that most auto-related offenses occur in the parking lots of apartment communities, businesses, malls, strip shopping centers, restaurants and office buildings.

Sean Chaffin is a freelance writer and author of “Raising the Stakes”, obtainable at raisingthestakesbook.com. If you have been a recent crime victim, email crime@advocatemag.com.

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Date when a thief stole two hubcaps off a Mercedes while the owner was inside a restaurant in the 6300 block of Mockingbird

Block of Garland Road where a person driving a U-Haul truck at about 11 a.m. pulled into Big Daddy’s Used Cars, sideswiped the overhang and took off

11.05 1100 1:25

Time of the morning Oct. 31 when a security guard chased off two thieves in the 200 block of Henderson after they pried open the driver’s side door of a Ford

Source: Dallas Police Department crime statistics

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