Crime

Sept. 14

Before 9:14 p.m., a thief took an 18-year-old woman’s stuff at Tom Thumb in the Market at Preston Forest.

Sept. 15

Rude and incompetent? Before 7:54 p.m., a thief working the NorthPark Center parking lots attempted to take a 46-year-old Garland woman’s vehicle “without consent.”

Sept. 16

At 7:10 p.m. at the Walgreens at Northwest Highway and Lemmon Avenue, officers began the preliminary investigation of a three-day-old theft of a debit card from a 57-year-old woman from The Colony.

Sept. 17

Reported at 8:08 p.m.: A 65-year-old man’s padlock on a unit at the Public Storage at

Inwood Road and Lemmon

Avenue couldn’t withstand the cutting tool on Sept. 14 of a burglar determined to steal stuff.

Sept. 18

Before 11:13 a.m., a crook stole a 43-year-old woman’s vehicle from the Royal Lane Baptist Church campus at Hillcrest Road and Royal Lane.

Sept. 22

Future’s so bright you’ve gotta steal shades? Arrested at 4:23 p.m.: a 43-year-old woman accused of shoplifting from RayBan at NorthPark Center.

Sept. 23

Before 1:53 p.m., a prowler plundered contents of a DJ’S Plumbing & Backflow vehicle calling on a home in the 6400 block of Desco Drive.

Sept. 24

Officers dispatched at 1:05 p.m. about a car theft reported by a 62-year-old man from the 11700 block of Forest Court began investigating the case as a forgery.

Sept. 25

A coffee break turned more bitterly costly than usual before 12:06 p.m. when a burglar broke into a 49-year-old woman’s vehicle outside Starbuck’s in the 12200 block of Inwood Road.

Sept. 27

How did the intruder get into a 67-year-old woman’s home in the 6800 block of Meadow Road before 2:43 a.m.? Possibly through the unlocked back door, police said.

Sept. 30

Reported at 8:30 a.m.: a low blow. On Sept. 29, a thief took an auto part from under a 48-year-old woman’s vehicle at a home in the 6200 block of Linden Lane.

Oct. 2

Reported at 5:35 p.m.: The prowler who targeted a 26-yearold woman’s vehicle in the parking lot outside her apartment home in the 6300 block of Diamond Head Circle wasn’t content to take the contents only. The crook also snatched a license plate.

Oct. 4

Before 6:56 p.m., a “suspicious person” at Dougherty’s Pharmacy in the Preston Valley Shopping Center tried to pay with what appeared to be a fake $100 bill.

Oct. 6

What’s the hurry? Officers were dispatched at 11:56 p.m. to investigate an Oct. 4 theft at The Hockaday School atForest Lane and Welch Road.

Oct. 8

Before 3:42 p.m., an armed robber forced entry into a man’s vehicle outside a home in the 5200 block of Caladium Drive.

Oct. 9

Overnight before 9:30 a.m., a man cut a lock to steal propane tanks from Tom Thumb at In-

wood Road and West Universi-

ty Boulevard.

Oct. 10

Did the woman from the

5300 block of Montrose Drive

whose vehicle went missing on Oct. 9 wait until 3:36 p.m. the next day to report it out of embarrassment for having left the keys inside?

SKULDUGGERY of the MONTH: PAYLESS DAY?

Reported at 11:52 a.m. Sept. 30: a bitter lesson. A 50-yearold man employed by The Bomb Factory on Elm Street left a “large sum of money” in his vehicle at Preston Forest Village. A burglar broke the rear window to get it.

BONUS SKULDUGGERY: BEANED!

Beans, Beans, they’re good for your heart, but homeowners in the 6100 block of Royalton Drive reported on NextDoor that they weren’t so good for their art. Someone poured two large cans of baked beans on their cherubim statues on Oct. 9.

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

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