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Crime Reports Oct. 11 – Nov. 7 Oct. 11 Reported at 8:35 p.m.: a suspicious person in the 4800 block of Thunder Road.
Oct. 12 Before 10:44 p.m., a vandal broke a window at the Flatts Shell Auto Repair gas station at Preston Road and LBJ Freeway. Oct. 13 Before 4:13 p.m., a destructively rude crook broke off a lock and took a key at a home in the 4300 block of Valley Ridge Road and then used the key to enter a vehicle “without consent.”
Oct. 14 Reported at 11:01 a.m.: A vandal on Oct. 13 damaged a gate at a home in the 6700 block of Norway Road.
Oct. 15 Reported at 9:15 a.m.: A prowler took wooden pallets from a construction site in the 6200 block of Woodland Drive.
Oct. 17 Arrested at 12:43 p.m.: two men, ages 40 and 26, who are accused of using a loudspeaker to disturb residents in the 6700 block of Orchid Lane and failure to provide IDs.
Oct. 19 Before 9:32 a.m., a burglar, somehow armed with the garage door opener, used the device to get inside and steal stuff at a home in the 5700 block of West Hanover Avenue.
Oct. 20 Reported at 8:11 a.m.: road rage. A recklessly barbaric motorist forced another driver off the road near Lowe’s Home Improvement store on Inwood Road near Forest Lane, kicked the other driver’s door hard enough to damage the vehicle, and threatened to choke and kill the other driver. Oct. 21 Overnight before 12:24 p.m., a prowler took both taillights off a woman’s F250 pickup truck at a home in the 4900 block of Elsby Avenue.
Oct. 22 A woman left her wallet in her vehicle while parked at the Good Shepherd Episcopal School at Midway and Northaven Roads, and a prowler opened the door and took it before 11:06 a.m.
Oct. 23 Officers responded at 2:19 a.m. to an alarm at a business in the Preston Forest Shopping Center where one or more burglars had used unknown force to enter through the wallboard. Oct. 24 Officers dispatched to a “burglary in progress” at the Market at Preston Forest arrested a 28-year-old man and gave him a criminal trespassing warning. Oct. 26 Before 12:10 p.m. at the Preston Forest Shopping Center, a terrible person scared a woman
at Whole Foods by telling her he had weapons and explosives. Wire theft reported at 12:48 p.m. at the Summertree shopping center on Inwood Road: Cops called after crook completed copper caper “without consent.”
Oct. 27 Before 8:19 a.m., a talented thief avoided damaging a man’s locked vehicle at a home in the 4900 block of Thunder Road while still gaining entry and snatching the contents. Oct. 28 Before 4:33 p.m., a porch pirate pinched packages f rom a woman’s home in the 7000 block of Azalea Lane.
Oct. 29 Reported at 6:32 p.m.: An annoying acquaintance used an electronic device on Oct. 26 to harass a man at a home in the 6200 block of Stichter Avenue. Oct. 30 Reported at 4:19 a.m.: An elusive and irresponsible motorist sped away without sharing information after a wreck in the 5500 block of the “B J” service road. Did the naughty driver also take the “L” from the front of the road’s name?
Oct. 31 Burglarized before 11:47 a.m.: a woman’s vehicle at a home in the 6100 block of Stefani Drive. Nov. 1
sound of silence. A thief snatched a leaf blower from the yard in the 4800 block of Ridgeside Drive. After a business alarm went off for apartments in the 6800 block of Bandera Avenue at 8:19 p.m., officers issued a criminal trespassing warning to the unwelcome person found there.
Nov. 3 Reported at 2:47 p.m.: an incompetent would-be car thief. The crook on Nov. 2 damaged the ignition switch on a woman’s vehicle at a home in the 5600 block of Del Roy Drive.
Nov. 4 Stolen before 8:16 a.m., a man’s vehicle and tools from a home in the 7200 block of Lakehurst Avenue.
Nov. 5 One or more vandals broke windows at Preston Center. The first incident prompted an alarm to sound at 4:37 a.m. The second, involving a financial institution, occurred before 6:55 a.m. Reported at 7:02 p.m.: A thief on Nov. 2 took the front license plate off a vehicle parked at W. T. White High School on Ridgeside Drive.
Nov. 6 Reported at 11:12 a.m., the Nov. 4 theft of a man’s vehicle from a home in the 7300 block of Woodthrush Drive. Nov. 7 Before 11:07 p.m., a prowler removed contents from a man’s vehicle at NorthPark Center.
SKULDUGGERY of the MONTH: ROAD HOG Reported at 1:25 p.m. Nov. 1: Inconsiderate parking disrupts business. A trucker “abandoned” an 18-wheeler in the fire lane in the 7900 block of Menier Street beside Advance ER.
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