Crime
UPDATE: Man Arrested in Sandwich Shop Stabbing Near SMU
An employee was stabbed by a co-worker at Jimmy John’s on Hillcrest – across the street from SMU – on
Read moreCrime: April 15 – 21
Moosa the dog served mandatory quarantine after biting a man on the hand at 8:14 p.m. outside a home in the 5000 block of Holland Avenue. The man, who was taking his trash out to the curb when bit, took himself to Presbyterian Hospital. Moosa was ordered to stay indoors for 10 days.
Read moreCrime: April 8 – 14
Reported in the 3400 block of Milton Avenue at 2:13 p.m. April 9: a bad day for a groomer. A 29-year-old woman was blow-drying a cat, who got scared and bit her.
Read moreCrime Reports April 1 – 7
Reported at 12:23 p.m. – In this week’s edition of Why-Did-They-Take-It? – a crook made away with a handheld scanner that an employee had left on a shelf at the Walgreens on Northwest Highway.
Read moreCrime: April 1 – 7
Talk about getting a head start on your holiday shopping: Sometime between 7:30 a.m. April 1 and 6 p.m. April 2, a home at the 4500 block of Fairway Avenue was broken into and property stolen, including a bag containing a Christmas tree and a box containing Christmas ornaments.
Read moreCrime: March 25 – 31
Is George Foreman planning a comeback? The front grill was stolen off a 2016 Chevy pick-up truck at 10:09 a.m. from the 8800 block of Boedeker Street.
Read moreCrime Reports: March 25 – 31
We’ve heard of “dress for success,” but this is ridiculous: After loitering in the store for a few minutes, a man grabbed approximately 24 dress shirts from a table at Jos. A Bank on Oak Lawn Avenue at 4:35 p.m. on March 28 and ran out the front door without paying. He was seen driving off in a dark-colored 2019 Mitsubishi SUV. Each shirt cost $100.
Read moreHP Police Investigate Condo Ransacking
One Highland Park condo owner was on the receiving end of a messy – and expensive – bit of criminal mischief on March 28.
Read moreCrime Reports March 18 – 24
SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: CAN’T START THIS A Larret Energy Services Inc. worker had to be upset around 8:23 a.m.
Read moreCrime Reports: March 18 – 24
Reported at 2:48 p.m. March 23: a resident of the 4200 block of Bordeaux Avenue received between March 5 and March 15 bills totaling $245.16 for several magazines he didn’t subscribe to including SLAM, Architectural Design, Consumer Designs, Family Handyman, Wired, Wine Enthusiast, and OK! He also received these magazines he didn’t order: Motor Trend, Consumer Reports, Sports Illustrated, and Fine Homebuilding.
Read moreCrime Reports: March 11 – 17
Good on this employee from Bank of America on Hillcrest Avenue: A customer attempted to open a checking account on March 12, but the employee immediately recognized the customer’s information – his drivers license and a debit card – as forged. The employee i called the police, and the customer fled the bank on foot. Police tracked him down, eventually, and took him into custody.
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