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Crime
SKULDUGGERY of the MONTH: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION?
(PHOTO: PEXELS, ILLUSTRATION: MELANIE THORNTON) A bold burglar smashed a window of a Ford F250 parked right in front of Highland Park Town Hall on Drexel Drive and grabbed $2,500 from inside before 10:59 a.m. Dec. 20.
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Dec. 7
Reported at 9:43 a.m.: easy pickings. An unlocked door helped a burglar get into a yogurt shop in the 6300 block of Hillcrest Avenue and take a total of $2,563.
Dec. 9
Reported at 10:07 a.m.: a smash and grab. A rogue broke the window of a Kia Sportage parked in the 4300 block of Overhill Drive and grabbed a bag containing $1,060, a checkbook and deposit slips, several cashier’s checks, and other items.
Dec. 13
A thief drove away with GMC Sierra parked in the 4300 block of Macarthur Avenue and with it a pair of $300 Prada sunglasses, a $100 hunting spotlight, eight vests, and two firearms at 1:37 p.m.
Dec. 14
How easy was it for a thief to take a duffel bag containing Highland Park ISD soccer equipment from inside a Nissan Rogue in the 4200 block of San Carlos Drive before 7:30 a.m.? The vehicle was left unlocked.
Dec. 15
A Ford taillights roundup? Stolen before 7:21 a.m. and 8:06 a.m. in the 4500 block of Belfort Place, those from a F150 and F350. Stolen before 7:35 a.m., 7:52 a.m., and 8:04 a.m. in the 4400 and 4500 blocks of Arcady Avenue, those from a F250 and three F150s.
Dec. 21
Reported at 12:35 p.m.: Montgomery Ward is still in the catalog business. Who knew? A fraudster, who opened a Montgomery Ward credit card using the information of a man from the 3800 block of Lovers Lane.
Dec. 27
Reported at 11:28 a.m.: An intruder took a gun safe, a $5,000 Omega Seamaster watch, and two rings from a home in the 4400 block of Southwestern Boulevard.
Dec. 29
A shoplifter hid a Dr. Barbara Sturm serum from Bluemercury in Highland Park Village in a mask before slipping it into his bag and leaving the store around 1:35 p.m.
Dec. 30
A robber used a gun to take various tools including a Dewalt drill, skillsaw, and more from a man in the 2800 block of Milton Avenue at 1:57 p.m.
Jan. 3
Reported at 2:24 p.m.: How easy was it for an intruder to get into a home in the 3500 block of Harvard Avenue and take a $1,300 Dewalt pressure washer and a $1,300 Graco airless spray gun? Gates were unlocked.
Jan. 5
Burglars got into Gemma Collection and Logos Bookstore in Snider Plaza and took $105 in cash and $4,650 worth of jewelry at 5:40 a.m.
Jan. 8
A reckless driver rear-ended a Toyota Camry while stopped at the
intersection of Preston Road and
Armstrong Parkway and drove over a curb to turn and continue onto Armstrong Parkway around 8:44 p.m.
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UNIVERSITY PARK HIGHLAND PARK
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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