Crime

SKULDUGGERY of the MONTH: CATASTROPHE

to check, and found a box truck had hit her Lexus ES300 that was parked outside around 3 p.m.

4400 block of Normandy Avenue

and took a diaper bag that also contained a wallet before 10:34 a.m.

Nov. 11

Reported at 4:12 p.m.: a porch pirate pilfered a package containing a $463 Cynthia Rowley dress from a home in the 3900 block of Mockingbird Lane.

Nov. 27

How easy was it for a thief to drive off in an Audi Q7 parked in front of Mi Cocina in Highland Park Village before 12:30 a.m.? The key fob was left inside.

You’ve gotta be kitten me: A scammer took $2,700 from a woman in the 4300 block of Stanford Avenue for a kitten she never received, according to an incident report filed at 9:20 a.m. Dec. 4.

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Nov. 8

Reported at 1:29 p.m.: a rude and reckless driver hit the bumper of a Ford Escape parked in an employee parking lot in Highland Park Village and left without providing information.

Nov. 10

A woman working at a home in the 4200 block of Belclaire Avenue, heard a loud noise outside, went out

Nov. 12

An intruder got into a home in the 3600 block of Colgate Avenue and took two purses with $300 and more before 8 a.m.

Nov. 15

A creative crook managed to carry off outdoor furniture from a second-story patio in the 3100 block of Rosedale Avenue before 11:10 a.m.

Nov. 17

A stealer swiped a Stihl cutoff saw from a construction site in the 4500 block of Southern Avenue at 10:30 a.m. and drove off in a Kia SUV. Another Stihl cutoff saw was snatched from a worksite in the 4300 block of Potomac Avenue by a thief who fled in a SUV around 10:33 a.m.

Nov. 20

A pilferer swiped a $30,000 Rolex watch from a home in the 3400 block of Haynie Avenue before 2 p.m.

Nov. 21

What’s in your diaper? An intruder got into a Honda Accord in the

Nov. 29

A pilferer pinched a silver place setting set worth $8,000 from the garage of a home in the 4100 block of Emerson Avenue at 6:26 p.m.

Dec. 2

Reported at 11:12 a.m.: a smash and grab. A burglar broke a window of a GMC Acadia in the 5500 block of Preston Road and took a bag containing $850 and $1,600 from the console.

Dec. 3

A rogue broke into a GMC Sierra in the 3300 block of Bryn Mawr Drive and took $1,000 worth of outdoor equipment before 7 a.m.

Dec. 4

Reported at 12:47 p.m.: A sneaky shoplifter hid a Trish McEvoy women’s fragrance at the Blue Mercury store in Highland Park Village in his jacket, took another unidentified item, and hid an Aqua di Parma fragrance in a messenger bag before leaving the store without paying.

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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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