8 April 2022 | parkcitiespeople.com
Crime Reports Feb. 7 – March 5
For More Crimes Visit: peoplenewspapers.com/ category/crime/ Feb. 7 Reported at 12:18 p.m.: a smash and grab. A burglar shattered a window of a Mercedes ML350 in the 5500 block of Preston Road and grabbed a folder containing miscellaneous documents. Feb. 10 Identified no-longer flying object: A homeowner in the 3600 block of Mockingbird Lane found a crashed drone in the backyard at 1:29 p.m.
Feb. 18 Reported at 10:21 a.m.: A burglar got into a Toyota Tundra parked in the 4300 block of Edmondson Avenue and took $4,090 worth of airsoft magazines, airsoft guns, and other equipment. Feb. 21 A burglar found easy pickings in a bag containing various tools, including a screwdriver set, a DeWalt hammer drill, and more, totaling $1,240, in a Chevrolet van left unlocked in the 4200 block of
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March 4 A ne’er do well took $2,200 worth of plumbing tools from a Ford E250 van in the 4400 block of McFarlin Boulevard before 10:30 a.m. March 5 A pilferer picked up a pair of shoes and three packages from residences in the 4700 block of Abbott Avenue before 6 a.m. but ended up leaving the items – and a red Mongoose mountain bicycle – nearby.
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March 2 An intruder got into a Porsche Macan in the 4300 block of Lovers Lane and nabbed an $8,000 fur coat, an $8,000 Hermes purse, a $600 pair of Chanel sunglasses, and $3,100 of additional clothes from inside.
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Feb. 16 How easy was it for a thief to take a briefcase from a Mercedes parked in the 4000 block of Villanova Street before 4:49 p.m. Feb. 16? The Mercedes was unlocked
Feb. 28 Reported at 6:30 p.m.: A blasphemous burglar took a catalytic converter from a Ford El Dorado church bus at Christ Lutheran Church in the 3000 block of Lovers Lane.
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A lunch-starved stealer appears to have taken the ‘eat more chikin’ slogan sadly too seriously by swiping a sandwich from the Chick-fil-A in the 6400 block of Hillcrest Avenue before 1:11 p.m. March 1.
Feb. 15 The driver of an 18-wheeler hit a tree at the corner of a lawn at the intersection of Roland Avenue and Belfort Place, knocking it over and uprooting it at 8:30 a.m.
Feb. 23 A jerk threw a brick and broke the outer pane of a window of a home in the 3500 block of Normandy Avenue “without consent” around 10:35 a.m.
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Feb. 13 An intruder got into the backyard of a home in the 4400 block of S. Versailles Avenue and left a screen door damaged at 12:16 a.m.
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Feb. 12 A thief took $400, documents, and more from a BMW X6 in the 3000 block of Mockingbird Lane.
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(PHOTOS: PEXELS/ VICTORIA BORODINOVA, ILLUSTRATION: MELANIE THORNTON)
SKULDUGGERY of the MONTH: SANDWICH SWIPER
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Property crimes include burglaries, thefts, and vehicle thefts. Violent crimes include assaults and robberies. (SOURCES: HIGHLAND PARK DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UNIVERSITY PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT, ILLUSTRATION: MELANIE THORNTON)
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Megan Filgo The great granddaughter of bank founder Bruce Clardy, Megan has been an integral part of Benchmark since graduating from the University of Texas in 2002, currently serving as manager of corporate philanthropic giving. Megan is dedicated to personally serving the community through her involvement in the Momentous Institute, Interfaith Family Services, the Woman’s Auxiliary to Children’s Medical Center, her children’s schools and many other charitable endeavors.
Joe Nolan As a certified Financial Planner with over 38 years of business, investment management, and financial planning expertise, Joe joined Roberson, Griege and Thoele Wealth Advisors in 1994 and was named Managing Director in 2001. An active member of the community, Joe serves on both the Bishops and Magis Golf Tournament committees which benefit area Catholic school tuition scholarships for undeserved students.
Ryan Moss Ryan serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lucid Energy Group, which is the largest privately held natural gas processor in the Permian Basin. Ryan earned a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas in 1997 and an MBA from Columbia Business School in 2001. A member of the Development Board and Chancellor’s Council Executive Committee at the University of Texas, he is also an active member of the Salesmanship Club of Dallas.
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