Crime Report April 9-15
SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: NOT THERE FOR THE FOOD
Three patrons at Honor Bar Restaurant in the Highland Park Village had no desire to sit down for a meal during their April 13 visit. Instead, video surveillance shows the group (two women and a man) enter the restaurant around 8:02 p.m., order water at the bar, and then leave nine minutes later. During that same time, the video also shows one of the women making "furtive movements" with her hands under the bar. The woman sitting next to them later reported her pink Ralph Lauren wallet with gold zippers missing from her purse.
There's nothing like going online and seeing items stolen from your front porch listed for sale. But, that's what one homeowner in the 3400 block of Amherst Street says happened. The 37-year-old man reported to police around 7:30 p.m. April 3, that the Nordstrom Rack jeans, Louis Garneau helmet, and road pedals delivered to his home late March were being sold online.
SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: THE MAN IN THE MACHINE
A Highland Park man got the surprise of a lifetime when he looked out the window after hearing loud banging in his backyard. Outside, a man about 6-foot tall in black overalls, no T-shirt, work boots and a receding hairline was walking around with what appeared to be a chainsaw. Around 10:40 a.m. March 18, the homeowner, who lives in the 4600 block of Mockingbird Lane, also noticed the door to his back house office was ajar. The homeowner grabbed a pistol from his safe and ran downstairs to challenge the intruder. But the burglar was gone, taking with him two Apple computers, a black iPhone 7, a Dyson vacuum, an LG cellphone, a MacBook Pro laptop, and a Dell laptop. The stranger, apparently, removed two large planks from a fence to enter the backyard. Police later arrested 34-year-old Fredrick Yeager in connection with three burglaries that Sunday.
Rental bikes aren't just for leisurely rides through Dallas; they also can be used as transportation to potential crime scenes. Around 2:20 p.m. March 6, a man with long hair was witnessed riding a yellow Ofo rental bike to Bradfield Elementary School where he upgraded to an orange/red Cannondale Catalyst, valued at $499, and a matching helmet, valued at $40
Nearly $100,000 of jewelry was stolen between 12:45 and 4 p.m. March 4 from a home in the 4500 block of Lorraine Avenue while the homeowner was out. The jewelry was stolen from a dresser downstairs and an upstairs dressing room and included pieces such as a $20,000 platinum engagement ring with several diamonds; an $18,000 platinum cocktail watch with several diamonds; and a $10,000 gold pin with an opal setting with a center diamond. There were no signs of forced entry.
SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: LIFE ISN'T FAIR
The Highland Park Department of Public Safety has added a new communication tool to its dispatch center: Text to 9-1-1.
