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Crime
Dec. 6
Before 12:20 p.m., a not so prosperous charlatan used a stolen driver’s license to try and cash a stolen blank check at Prosperity Bank at Preston Forest Square.
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Dec. 9
Finally reported at 11 a.m.: the theft of a trailer two days earlier from a construction site at The Lamplighter School on Inwood Road. One or more crooks also broke into and stole from construction containers.
Dec. 11
No Christmas bonus? A 31-year-old man who asked his employer for money got a trip to jail instead. The incident, listed as a burglary/breaking and entering at a home in the 5900 block of Colhurst Street, was called in at 8:11 p.m. as an armed encounter on foot.
Dec. 12
Before 5:28 p.m., a burglar broke into and stole from a man’s vehicle at a Northaven Trail parking lot in the 4300 block of Northaven Road.
Dec. 14
How did a thief damage a woman’s vehicle before 1:37 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Primrose School of Preston Hollow on Hillcrest Road? By taking the catalytic converter. Those are popular targets, y’all.
Dec. 16
Burglars bothered a small batch of businesses bundled together in the 12000 block of Inwood Road in front of Lowe’s Home Improvement store. During a burglary in progress reported at 2:50 a.m., a prowler rummaged through a restaurant [name redacted by police] before fleeing. And before 4:42 a.m., a crook forced entry into an eatery [also redacted] and stole stuff. A Google Maps search shows Einstein Bros. Bagels, Rusty Taco, and The Juice Bar at that location.
Dec. 19
Parking 101: Don’t leave your car in the middle of the road the way one absentee motorist did. The car was found at 3:05 a.m. blocking the 6000 block of Walnut Hill Lane.
Dec. 20
Reported at 10:41 a.m.: an unfriendly encounter. Someone pointed a gun at a man in the 6100 block of Averill Way.
Dec. 21
Reported at 2:56 p.m.: a porch pirate pinched packages placed at a woman’s home in the 5700 block of Southwestern Boulevard.
Dec. 22
Before 11:10 p.m., a prowler working the parking lot at Lovers Seafood & Market at Lovers Lane and Inwood Road, broke into a woman’s vehicle and stole contents. A similar burglary was reported 84 minutes later around the corner at Shinsei Restaurant on Inwood Road.
Dec. 25
Reported at 7:20 p.m.: an inconvenient Christmas. A thief stole a man’s vehicle at the 7-Eleven in Preston Forest Square.
Dec. 30
Overnight before 9:14 a.m., one or more burglars cut the lock to take stuff from a storage container at a construction site in the
8100 block of Douglas Avenue
adjacent to St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church.
Dec. 31
Not a great way to celebrate New Year’s Eve: A man (age not provided) got arrested at NorthPark Center, where he was accused of shoplifting. The name of the store was redacted by police.
Jan. 1
Please resolve not to leave key fobs and other valuable in your unlocked vehicles.
Jan. 3
A burglar smashed windows and stole contents from a man’s vehicle at a home in the 5800 block of Caladium Drive.
Jan. 4
Reported at 4:42 p.m.: routine rudeness. An unknown detestable motorist fled without leaving ID after wrecking into a man’s vehicle at Preston Oaks Shopping Center.
Jan. 5
Before 4:24 p.m. in the 7900 block of Forest Lane, someone who shouldn’t be allowed to have a BB gun shot a man, causing pain.
Jan. 6
Before 3:48 p.m., a burglar broke into a home in the 4800 block of Sugar Mill Road and took a man’s vehicle.
Jan. 8
Before 11:44 a.m., a burglar knocked out a window to steal from a man’s vehicle at the George Bannerman Dealey Montessori Academy on Royal Lane.
Jan. 9
What’s that noise? Reported at 2:29 p.m.: the Jan. 7 theft of a catalytic converter from a man’s truck at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre at Dallas North Tollway and LBJ Freeway.
SKULDUGGERY of the MONTH: UNDESIGNATED DRIVER
Was it a yearend party to remember or forget? A man’s vehicle went missing New Year’s Eve from a home in the
6100 block of Averill
Way, but he didn’t report the theft until 5:29 p.m. on Jan. 2.
(PHOTO: PEXELS.COM, ILLUSTRATION: MELANIE THORNTON)
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