Crime

June 7

A thief grabbed five drills and other tools from a utility van parked in the 4200 block of Fairfax Avenue around 11:40 a.m.

June 8

Another prowler grabbed a weed whacker, a trimmer, an edger, and other lawn equipment from a trailer attached to a truck parked in the 4600 block of Abbott Avenue between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m.

June 9

During a traffic stop around 2:30 a.m., a motorist was caught with stolen items, including two firearms, a Nike golf shirt, a baseball cap, and a backpack taken from a garage in the 4500 block of Normandy Avenue.

June 14

A driver hit a crape myrtle tree in the 4600 block of Mockingbird Lane head on in a Cadillac DTS around 4 a.m. and initially left the scene before returning later with officers.

June 15

A thief swiped a wallet from inside a locked locker in the Moody Family YMCA in the 6000 block of Preston Road between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.

June 16

A reverse gardening rogue pulled plants from the ground in the 6300 block of Preston Parkway and threw them around the yard before 9 a.m.

June 21

A porch pirate plucked a package from a home in the 4600 block of Southern Avenue at 2:16 p.m. and ran away.

June 22

A burglar ‘punched’ the locks of the rear and driver door of a van that was parked in the 4200 block of Armstrong Parkway and snagged an iPad around 10:45 a.m.

June 24

A thief snagged outdoor furniture from the front of Pokey O’s sweet shop in the 3000 block of Mockingbird Lane before 10:38 a.m.

June 25

Reported at 10:42 a.m.: A fraudster took $500 from a man from the 3700 block of Villanova Drive that was purportedly for fees for a child’s day camp.

June 26

Reported at 9 a.m.: a hefty theft. The wrongdoer took a 50-pound antique potting urn that contained potting soil and ferns from in front of a home in the 4200 block of Bordeaux Avenue.

July 2

A burglar got into a GMC Yukon parked in the 6200 block of Hillcrest Avenue and took $4,980 around 9:40 a.m.

July 3

Something fishy before the Fourth: A crook grabbed aquarium lights and ran out the door of the Petco store in the 4300 block of Lovers Lane around 4:25 p.m.

July 6

Reported at 10:05 a.m. A swindler stole a check for $3,129.50 from a man from the 4300 block of Westway Avenue and deposited it.

July 8

Reported at 11:23 a.m.: A porch pirate pilfered packages containing $1,150 in clothing that were delivered to a home in the 4300 block of University Boulevard.

July 9

How easy was it for a thief to get into a Chevrolet Suburban in the 3200 block of Drexel Drive and take a wallet with $100$200, three pairs of sunglasses, two phone chargers, a storage box, two pillows, and more before 8:30 a.m.? The Suburban was left unlocked.

July 10

A reckless driver in a Ford van hit the front of a Tesla in the 4100 block of Mockingbird Lane at 9:55 p.m.

SKULDUGGERY of the MONTH: BEVERAGE BURGLARY

An intruder got into a detached garage in the 4005 block of Euclid Avenue, rummaged through an unlocked vehicle inside, but only took two canned drinks, and left a teal bicycle outside the garage with one of the drinks still in the attached basket before 2:27 p.m. July 7.

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Quick Responses Create ‘Chain of Survival’ Wife, paramedics, hospital staff help UP man survive cardiac arrest

By Rachel Snyder

rachel.snyder@peoplenewspapers.com

Less than 8% of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital survive.

Kevin Gregory is among those, thanks to his wife, swift acting University Park first responders, and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas staff.

I mean, as my wife says, we feel like God put the right people in our path every step of the way, and the first responders obviously were absolutely amazing. Kevin Gregory

Kevin’s wife, Rebecca, found him unresponsive at their University Park home in April and immediately began performing what she calls makeshift CPR. She’s since gotten certified to perform CPR.

“I was in the kitchen, you know,

LEFT: The city of University Park celebrated the quick action that saved Kevin Gregory. FROM LEFT: Conner, Victoria, Rebecca, and Kevin Gregory; officers Brittany Mosby and Jason Duvall; firefighter/paramedics Brad Zwaska and Billy Bounds; Stephanie Koepke, RN, of Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas, firefighter/paramedic Austin Jones,

and Philip Minshew and Kelly Murphy of Texas Health. (PHOTO: COURTESY UNIVERSITY PARK)

cutting up food, getting things ready just for lunch, and I hear this loud groan, and I came in the den, and he was just totally not responsive,” Rebecca said. “I tried to wake him and then called 911.”

She said paramedics arrived quickly.

“It was just really a blessing to see the wonderful people in this world, how loving and caring they were to us,” Rebecca said.

“I mean, as my wife says, we feel like God put the right people in our path every step of the way, and the first responders obviously were absolutely amazing,” Kevin added.

He was hospitalized for nine days and was sore from the CPR for about a month, but has recovered.

“Now I’m doing great,” Kevin said. “And other than the implanted defibrillator I have, you wouldn’t really know that anything had happened to me.”

He’s back to exercising on an indoor bicycle trainer for two or three hours most mornings.

“That’s one of my main focuses, but it certainly has given me perspective,” Kevin said. “I’m spending more time with the family, and our two kids are back in town from college.”

Phil Minshew, a paramedic and EMS outreach program manager with Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, gave a lot of credit to Rebecca.

“What really led to the great outcome was the ... out-of-hospital CPR performed by his wife,” Minshew said. “Bystander CPR is so important. It’s the first link in the chain of survival with the American Heart Association.”

He also credited the speedy 911 call and the care from the crew from the University Park Fire Department.

“The chain of survival; every link was there. That’s what was just absolutely amazing about this,” Minshew said.

He said if others find themselves in a similar situation to the Gregorys, it’s essential not to panic, and it’s helpful to learn and be familiar with CPR.

Stephanie Koepke, adult health clinical nurse specialist and chest pain program coordinator at the hospital, said everything that could go right did to produce an outcome like Kevin’s.

“We really cherish patients like Mr. Gregory,” she said. “To see him with his family, with his children, I think it just puts a warm fuzzy in your heart that allows you to get through the next days, weeks, months where you’re not seeing those outcomes.”

BE PREPARED

Visit the American Heart Association’s website at www.heart.org for information about emergency treatment of cardiac arrest and CPR training.