CRIME RUINED THEIR VACATION.

Norma Alejandro and her family loaded up the car and finished their drive down Interstate 35 for a nice few days of vaca-

The Victim: Norma Alejandro

The Crime: Burglary

Date: Friday June 15

Time: 9:20 p.m.

Location: 2600 block of Wilbur tion in San Antonio. Maybe they would cruise the Riverwalk, eat some Tex-Mex at the famous Mi Tierra, or visit the Alamo. Their stay would be a nice relaxing getaway.

Then the phone rang.

“An hour after arriving, our neighbor called and said someone broke into our house,” says Alejandro. “We didn’t even get to enjoy our vacation. We had to come home the next day.”

The burglar pried open a window in the dining room and then made off with items ranging from jewelry and cologne to a child’s piggy bank and electronics. Apparently, the crook also had a taste for tobacco and alcohol and made off with 20 cigars and some wine. The break-in was not only a large monetary loss for the family, but also quite a downer on what should have been a fun weekend.

Sgt. Kay Hughbanks of the Southwest Patrol Division says burglars definitely watch homes for behavioral patterns of residents before committing crimes, including the times residents leave for work and come home.

“They make note of what cars belong at a house and when all cars are gone and how long,” she says. “They watch mailboxes and whether or not the newspapers pile up in the front yard.”

When residents leave for vacation it is always a good idea to have their mail held while they are gone, stop their newspaper delivery, use timers on lighting, and have someone check in on their house.

Value of the items stolen during a burglary at Ramon’s Barber Shop in the 300 block of West Jefferson, including a shaver, clippers and an LCD TV

Date when a home in the 400 block of South Brighton was burglarized while a juvenile resident was her bedroom watching TV, unaware of the crime

Block of Illinois where a suspect opened fire on members of a car club who were gathered around, showing off their cars; one member was shot in the shoulder blade and taken to the hospital.

SOURCE: Dallas Police Department

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Ethan Sublett sketches a cartoon during the Taking It to the Streets summer camp with Oak Cliff graffiti artists, Sour Grapes ; Autumn Hill of Dallas Contemporary; and Shannon Driscoll and Jessica Trevizo of Oil and Cotton.

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Jason Reimer, Eric Steele , City Council member Delia Jasso, Adam Donoghey and Barak Epstein speak at the first-ever Oak Cliff Film Festival in June, which featured local and out-of-state indie filmmakers. Photo by Tim Valis

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Raeline Nobles, long-time executive director of AIDS Arms Inc., is leaving the agency at the end of the year. AIDS Arms is the largest nonprofit provider of AIDS/HIV services to North Texas residents. Nobles has been with the agency for 14 years. A committee has formed to search for a new leader.

Ken Holmes, a 1971 Kimball High School graduate and much-sourced expert on Bonnie and Clyde, died in July. He was 60. Advocate columnist Gayla Kokel reported that Holmes had been awaiting a liver transplant. Holmes was a go-to source for media outlets worldwide working stories about West Dallas’ most notorious couple. He owned the Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum in Gibsland, La., and he ran a tour guide company, offering tours related to Bonnie and Clyde, the JFK assassination and the Branch Davidian compound in Waco.

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