8 October 2021 | prestonhollowpeople.com
Crime Reports for Aug. 17 to Sept. 11 Aug. 17
Aug. 25
Sept. 3
Sept. 8
A prowler didn’t quite get the opendoor treatment at a 45-year-old man’s home in the 10500 block of Barrywood Drive. But an unlocked window proved convenient enough for the crook to get in and out with some loot. The resident didn’t report the caper until 9:51 p.m. Aug. 20.
Before 12:47 p.m., a robber tried to use a gun to take an 82-year-old man’s watch at NorthPark Center.
Officers responded at 3:08 a.m. to a fatal fiery crash south of Walnut Hill Lane on Midway Road, where a Ford Mustang struck a pole, trapping the driver inside. Read more online.
Overnight before 7:14 a.m., a crook drove away with a vehicle belonging to a 70-year-old woman from the 12100 block of Elysian Court after convincing her to buy gift cards online from CVS.
Sept. 7 Reported at 8:18 p.m.: A thief took the taillights off a 39-year-old man’s truck at a home in the 4600 block of Allencrest Lane.
Sept. 11 Reported at 6:50 p.m.: This was no accident. A mischief maker “intentionally” damaged a 47-year-old woman’s vehicle at NorthPark Center.
Aug. 18 Officers responded at 1:13 a.m. after a suspicious person was seen “messing” with the door of a 62-year-old man’s home in the 7100 block of Royal Lane.
Aug. 19 Stolen before 5:55 a.m.: a 36-year-old man’s vehicle from his home in the 6400 block of Glendora Avenue.
Aug. 20 At 5:35 p.m., a 49-year-old Sachse woman needed a ride home from NorthPark Center. A thief had stolen her vehicle.
Aug. 21 Reported at 5:02 p.m.: Two ruffians on Aug. 20 injured a 61-year-old Coppell man in the 5200 block of Royal Lane.
Aug. 23 Reported at 4:40 p.m.: A theft at a 59-year-old man’s home in the 6200 block of Dykes Way. Aug. 24 Before 5:48 p.m., a prowler working the 5700 block of Stanford Avenue took contents from a 54-year-old Plano man’s vehicle.
Aug. 26 Stolen overnight before 8:43 a.m.: property from a 54-year-old woman’s vacant house in the 6700 block of Orchid Lane. Aug. 27 Reported at 9:27 a.m.: a UFO (better make that a UTO). The unidentified thrown object damaged a 32-year-old woman vehicle in the 5300 block of West University Boulevard.
Aug. 29 Overnight before 9:04 a.m., a vandal used an unidentified object to break a window at Take 5 Oil Change on Forest Lane near Central Expressway. Aug. 30 Reported at 4:13 p.m.: Dog bites 29-year-old woman at Inwood Village.
Aug. 31 Reported at 6:50 p.m.: easy pickings in the 11500 West Ricks Circle. To take a 55-year-old man’s property, the thief only needed to enter through the open garage and remove items from the unlocked vehicle.
Sept. 1 Guessing this one made someone hot: Before 5:31 p.m., a prowler snatched stuff from a Houk Air Conditioning vehicle calling on a home in the 7000 block of Orchid Lane.
Sept. 4 Say a little prayer for the 61-year-old Garland man whose vehicle was stolen before 4:54 p.m. near Lovers Lane United Methodist Church’s Copeland House & Prayer Garden on Meadowbrook Drive.
Sept. 9 Overnight before 9:03 a.m., a prowler didn’t need to do any damage to enter and remove contents from a Total Comfort Group HVAC service team vehicle at Preston Center.
SKULDUGGERY of the MONTH: STEP BY STEP A 60-year-old woman from the 6400 block of Stefani Drive followed these simple steps for getting her purse stolen overnight before 7:50 a.m. Aug. 25: 1) Leave the garage door open. 2) Leave the backdoor unlocked. 3) Leave the purse alone.
(PHOTO: PEXELS.COM, ILLUSTRATION: MELANIE THORNTON)
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