Crime

Nov. 8

Before 12:22 p.m., a Grand Theft Auto wannabe tried to take a woman’s vehicle from NorthPark Center but settled for contents from the passenger compartment.

Nov. 10

Lost and found: At 8:31 a.m., officers recovered a stolen vehicle involved in a minor wreck in the

9500 block of Boedeker Street

and discovered narcotics inside it.

Nov. 11

Is Lane Park Drive a street or a crime description? Perhaps, both. The LANE where a man chose to PARK in the 7200 block emptied prematurely before 11:18 a.m. Nov. 11 after a crook decided to DRIVE off with the vehicle.

Nov. 13

Officers responded at 2:30 a.m. to a “burglary in progress” call at apartments in the 7700 block of West Greenway Boulevard, where they made what they described as an “exceptional arrest” of someone for being drunk in public. How exceptional was the arrest? Crosschecking the offense record with arrest records provided all the key details about the person apprehended EXCEPT his/her name, age, gender, and anything else at all. (“Exceptional arrest” doesn’t mean arrest.)

Nov. 15

Before 5:58 p.m., a thief entered a woman’s vehicle at home in the 5200 block of Shadywood Lane without damaging doors and windows. Hopefully, the vehicle’s other parts were still OK, too.

Nov. 16

Abandoned ship! Uhm, make that a boat on a trailer left blocking part of the 5000 block of LBJ Freeway before 8:12 a.m.

Nov. 17

Reported at 12:08 p.m.: A stranger on Nov. 15 pulled on the door handle of a man’s vehicle at a home in the 11700 block of Pine Forest Drive.

Nov. 18

Officers were dispatched at 6:41 p.m. to investigate a Nov. 16 incident at NorthPark Center where a robber pointed a gun at a woman and demanded money.

Nov. 19

Broken before 7:39 p.m.: a window during the burglary of man’s vehicle at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in the 9200 block of Inwood Road.

Nov. 21

An elusive naughty motorist evaded an officer trying to make a traffic stop at 12:59 a.m. in the 8500 block of Thackery Street.

Nov. 23

Reported at 10:24 a.m. Nov. 23: a sad state of affairs for NorthPark Center visitors. Officers described this as a “routine investigation:” an unknown person broke out the window of a man’s vehicle.

Nov. 24

Reported at 4:44 p.m.: a smash and grab. A burglar took the contents from a man’s vehicle at NorthPark Center and left behind a broken window.

Nov. 25

Reported at 4:31 p.m.: an unhappy Thanksgiving. A thief took a man’s vehicle from a home in the 4700 block of Stanford Avenue.

Nov. 27

A reckless jerk of a motorist fled before 12:46 a.m. without leaving information from the scene of a wreck in the 6700 block of Lomo Alto Drive.

Nov. 28

Bitter suite stay? Stolen overnight before 8:37 a.m. at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas Love Field on Northwest Highway: a man’s vehicle.

Nov. 29

Burglarized before 8:01 p.m.: a woman’s vehicle at the Primrose School of Park Cities on Inwood Road, near Mockingbird Lane.

Dec. 1

Officers were dispatched at 10:01 a.m. to a “major accident” in the 5000 block of Royal Lane, where one woman had been kicked in the face, suffering pain and redness, and another had been punched and bitten.

Dec. 2

Overnight before 7:41 a.m., a prowler cut a lock to enter a fenced area and steal stuff from a vacant home in the 6200 block of Woodland Drive.

Dec. 3

The highly redacted offense records available on the Dallas Police Public Data portal still offer some “interesting” descriptions. For example, this incident, reported at 10 a.m., was described as both “embezzlement” and a “routine investigation:” A thief the day before took the taillights off a man’s vehicle at a home in the 6600 block of Pemberton Drive.

Dec. 5

Reported at 9:46 p.m.: the theft of a license plate at NorthPark Center.

SKULDUGGERY of the MONTH: DIRTY VIDEOS?

What will an opportunistic prowler film after pinching a plumbing camera outside a home in the 6200 block of Tulip Lane before 2:22 p.m. Nov. 19?

For more crimes visit: peoplenewspapers.com/ category/crime/

(PHOTO: PEXELS.COM, ILLUSTRATION: MELANIE THORNTON)

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