Crime

Jan. 10 Jan. 25

Reported at 8:11 a.m.: A pilferer picked a pricy pair of catalytic converters from a Toyota Tundra parked in the north parking lot of Highland Park Village.

Jan. 12

How easy was it for a pilferer to pinch two bicycles from a garage in the 3700 block of Amherst Avenue around 1:41 p.m. Jan. 12? The garage was unlocked.

Jan. 14

Reported at 8:13 a.m.: a thief took a Trek Marlin 5 bicycle from a bike rack at Bradfield Elementary in the 4300 block of Southern Avenue.

Jan. 19

Reported at 10:37 a.m.: A headscratcher. Who would lift two ‘for lease’ signs from the corner ofRosedale Avenue and Airline Road?

Jan. 20

A rogue, who tried to break into a Chevrolet Sonic parked in the rear parking lot of Whole Foods in the 4100 block of Lomo Alto Drive, left the door handles damaged before 11:30 a.m.

Jan. 22

An officer found three packages containing cleaning supplies and water in the 4600 block of Mockingbird Lane on the curb near the roadway at 9:28 a.m.

Jan. 24

A scammer got a woman in the 8300 block of Preston Center Plaza to put $9,000 on gift cards and provide the information around 5 p.m.

Reported at 3:59 p.m.: a jewelry heist. A thief swiped $36,820 worth of jewelry from a home in the 4600 block of Abbott Avenue.

Jan. 27

A crook drove off in a Toyota Corolla from Preston Center Plaza before 8:06 p.m.

Jan. 28

Reported at 4:40 p.m.: Another jewelry thief swiped a $25,000 Chanel watch from a home in the 3700 block of Euclid Avenue.

Jan. 30

Reported at 1:26 p.m.: a smash and grab. A burglar broke into a Lincoln MK2 parked in the 3700 block of Lexington Avenue and took a purse from inside.

Feb. 2

A porch pirate pilfered a package containing a dress from a home in the 4600 block of S. Versailles Avenue before 5:38 p.m.

Feb. 3

An intruder got into Bird Bakery in Highland Park Village and tried but failed to take the cash box at 3:54 a.m.

Feb. 5

Slick? A careless driver crashed into another vehicle and a transformer pole in the 2700 block of University Boulevard at 7:24 p.m.

Feb. 6

Good neighbors found a MacBook Pro laptop and two flash drives laying in the grass in the parkway near the intersection of Bordeaux Avenue and Roland Avenue and turned them in to police at 11:12 a.m.

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SKULDUGGERY

of the MONTH: MISSING MEMORABILIA

Reported at 12:09 p.m. Jan. 24: What’s the bigger mystery? What may have happened to music mementos including a Jim Morrison photo and an original divorce decree and child custody agreement of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown from a home in the 3800 block of Beverly Drive or why the owner had them in the first place?

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