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Crime Reports for Aug. 16 to Sept. 12 Aug. 16
Reported at 10:04 a.m.: a thief took the taillights from a Ford F150 in the 3300 block of Wentwood Drive and presumably hightailed it out of there.
Aug. 17 Reported at 10:24 a.m.: a crook pilfered a pricey catalytic converter from a Toyota Prius in the 4500 block of Westway Avenue.
Aug. 18 A burglar got into a Ford F150 and a Jeep in the 5000 block of Airline Road, and left an iPad that’d been taken from the 3700 block of Potomac Avenue in the driver’s seat of the Jeep before fleeing toward the Katy Trail around 6:07 a.m. Aug. 20 An opportunistic thief drove away in a BMW M4 as it was idling unoccupied at Vintage Car Wash in the 6800 block of Preston Road around noon.
Aug. 23 Reported at 6:44 a.m.: a thief took taillights from a Ford Raptor truck parked in the 3400 block of Villanova Drive. More taillights were reported stolen from the 4000 block of Amherst Street at 7:10 a.m., and from the 4100 block of Purdue Street at 7:50 a.m. Aug. 26 A ne’er do well swiped two rear taillights from a Ford F150 parked in the 2800 block of Fondren Drive overnight before 7 a.m. Taillights were also taken from a Ford
F150 in the 3800 block of Colgate Avenue before 6 a.m.
Aug. 27 A burglar broke the driver’s side front window of a Chevrolet Silverado in the 4800 block of Lakeside Drive and took an envelope containing $5,600 around 3:33 p.m. Aug. 28 Reported at 2:07 p.m.: radio silence. A rogue took a stereo from a Chevrolet Avalanche in the 6000 block of Auburndale Avenue.
Aug. 31 A prowler broke into an Audi S5 that was parked in the 4100 block of Lomo Alto Drive and made off with a briefcase containing $7,100 around 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 3 A thief took taillights from a Ford F150 in the 2900 block of McFarlin Boulevard before 11:43 p.m. Additional taillights were taken from a Ford F150 in the 4000 block of McFarlin Boulevard before 9:30 a.m. the next day. Yet another Ford F150 had taillights taken from the 6300 block of Boedeker Street before 10:50 a.m. Saturday. Still another taillight theft off a Ford F150 was reported at 12:04 p.m. Saturday in the 4400 block of San Carlos Drive. Sept. 4 A crook took taillights from a Ford F150 in the 4300 block of McFarlin Boulevard before 5:50 a.m. Still another taillight theft was reported from a Ford F150
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in the 4400 block of Windsor Parkway before 3:04 a.m. the next day.
A shoplifter took about $3,925 worth of football trading cards from Triple Cards in Snider Plaza around 1:28 p.m.
Sept. 7 Reported at 3:42 p.m.: a thief found easy pickings of a pistol that was left in a holster in the console of a Dodge pickup truck parked in the 4500 block of Westside Drive.
Sept. 11 A robber approached five people walking in the 4200 block of Edmondson Avenue at 11:57 a.m. and demanded a replica Rolex watch, two iPhones, and a Louis Vuitton wallet at gunpoint and took the items before running to a waiting white sedan that sped away eastbound.
Sept. 8 A burglar got into a carport closet in the 4500 block of Versailles Avenue and took two Beretta pistols and a Wilson Combat pistol around 2 p.m.
Sept. 12 A robber took a pair of AirPods at gunpoint from a woman walking in the 3600 block of Caruth Boulevard at 3:54 p.m. Dallas Police arrested two suspects hours later.
Sept. 9 A thief left a box of ammunition taken from a home in the 4500 block of S. Versailles Avenue in a nearby alley around 9:31 a.m.
SKULDUGGERY of the MONTH: CARD SHARK? Reported at 8 p.m. Aug. 30: a Pokemon villain. A trickster talked a man from the 3300 block of Rosedale Avenue into wiring $35,000 to buy a rare collectible card that was never delivered.
(PHOTO: PEXELS.COM, ILLUSTRATION: MELANIE THORNTON)
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