Burglary

A Special Investigation into the Weird Chalk Marks on This One Dude's Apartment Door

This is a weird one. The story comes to us via Reddit (of course), where a resident of an apartment complex near State and Thomas streets in Uptown writes that he's distressed by the appearance of a strange chalk marking on his door. "I noticed today that my door had a small chalk-like marking, lik ... More >>

The New Cane Rosso Was Robbed of its $2,500 Prosciutto Slicer Over the Weekend

Neighbors and pizza aficionados have been eagerly awaiting the opening of Jay Jerrier's second Cane Rosso, planned for Grand and Gaston just south of White Rock Lake, since word of its existence first leaked in November. It was slated to open in the middle of April -- just about now, in other words ... More >>

Hendri Boykin Was This Close to Putting a Ring on It. Then, the Cops Showed Up.

Somehow, Dallas police weren't convinced that Hendri Boykin was the hopelessly lovestruck 19-year-old he made himself out to be. He had a gold engagement ring and told the officers who visited his apartment Tuesday afternoon that he was "going to ask my girl to marry me," stammering nervously in the ... More >>

Understanding Dallas' Wave of Panty Thefts

Yesterday morning, a man walked into the Victoria's Secret at Mockingbird Station, grabbed $2,000 worth of shirts, sweatshirts and sweatpants, then ran from the store into a waiting Dodge Durango. It was, the Morning News noted, the fourth such theft from the location in about as many months. They ... More >>

Two Rifles and a Shotgun Were Stolen Yesterday From an SUV Parked Off Lower Greenville

At noon yesterday, Jay Bailey parked his 2011 Chevrolet SUV in the lot behind the Blue Goose Cantina on Greenville Avenue and went to lunch. When he returned an hour later, he found that the lot had been targeted by a vehicle burglar. The rear window of an SUV parked nearby had been smashed, and th ... More >>

A Pantsless Dallas Man Was Caught Shining a Laser Pointer at a Police Helicopter Today

You probably noticed that it's been unseasonably pleasant the past few days. Short-sleeve picnic weather. Leave-the-screen-door-open weather. Or, if you prefer, pantsless-laser-pointing weather. Count 22-year-old Kenneth Santodomingo as the leader of that last group. He was arrested just after 4 a. ... More >>

Two Very Sleepy Burglars Were Arrested After Nodding Off During Their Getaway

Maybe Jamie Elias and Adan Zermeno were stoked that their Dallas Stars would soon return and couldn't wait to hit the ice to celebrate. Or maybe it was mere coincidence that their burglary spree came just as the NHL lockout was coming to an end. Either way, they found themselves escaping from a stra ... More >>

On Christmas Eve, a Cocktail-Swilling Burglar Unwrapped and Stole a Bunch of Presents

View more videos at: http://nbcdfw.com. On Christmas Eve, a burglar broke into Billy MacLeod's house on Akard Street in the Cedars, crept under his Christmas tree, and unwrapped and then stole Christmas gifts, specifically a pair of laptops and an iPhone 4s. A terrible, Grinch-y thing to do. It's t ... More >>

A Naked Car Thief Was Arrested in a Dallas Daycare Center's Attic on Christmas Day

Early yesterday afternoon, about 1:30 p.m., police chased a stolen car from Red Oak, through DeSoto and into southeast Oak Cliff, nearly a dozen miles as the crow flies. They wound up on a mostly empty stretch of Camp Wisdom Road. It's not clear from a DPD incident report whether the thief jettison ... More >>

Burglars Knock Hole in Wall of Knox Street Apple Store, Steal Computers

Early Saturday morning, about 6 a.m., the manager of the Knox Street Apple Store received a call from the alarm company: Someone had breached the store's inner sanctum, the Genius Room, tripping the alarm. The manager arrived within minutes, but he was too late. Checking the stockroom, he discovere ... More >>

Thieves Cut Hole in Roof of South Dallas Grocery, Steal $21,000 in Beer, Cigarettes, and Lotto Tickets

The back door of Dixon Grocery, a few steps from where James Harper was shot by a Dallas police officer this summer, is damn near impenetrable. It survived an attempted break-in last night with some serious dents and three damaged padlocks but remained intact. The roof, unfortunately, was not so we ... More >>

Animal Clinics Being Targeted By Ridiculously Unsuccessful Burglars

At some point last night, someone smashed in the glass front door of Medallion Animal Clinic on Northwest Highway with a rock and stepped into the lobby. They rifled through the cabinets and drawers in the reception area, opted not to walk to the back of the clinic, which would have required passing ... More >>

Time For Chief Brown to Admit He's Fudging the Crime Numbers

There is good news to be found in the city's crime stats. For the ninth year in a row, Dallas is on pace to see a drop in its crime rate and, while violent crime is about flat, burglary and theft are down by 15 and 11 percent, respectively. The improving numbers are partly tied to a drop in crime n ... More >>

How to Petty-Theft Your Way to Riches Under the Dallas PD's New "Crackdown"

As Eric noted earlier, there's a hilarious kind of stand-off going on these days between Dallas Police Chief David Brown, who says petty theft rates in the city have fallen because of his own tough police work, and Dallas Morning News reporters Steve Thompson and Tanya Eiserer, who proved in a story ... More >>

Two Years After Half Million-Dollar Jewelry Heist, Dallas Jeweler Tracks His Diamonds to Hong Kong

Two years ago today, just after 2 a.m., three men smashed through the glass doors of Henryk Kostman Fine Jewelry in a nine-story building on Turtle Creek Boulevard. A security guard was patrolling the grounds at the time, but was unable to stop the thieves from making off with nearly half a million ... More >>

You're Gonna Need a Bigger Rock: Would-Be Burglar Foiled by Pharmacy's Super-Glass

Dallas PD just sent over the video above, captured at 5 in the morning on April 3. It shows a burglary suspect using a large rock to try to bust through the door of Bioscrip Pharmacy, at 2909 Lemmon near Highway 75. The suspect is a poorly dressed white male in his mid-30s who desperately needs to ... More >>

How Effective Are Bait Cars, Anyway?

​No doubt you've seen the signs like the one at right; they've been around since 2004. The Dallas Police Department was among the first in the country to launch the Auto Theft Tracking Program, which involves putting monitoring devices in bait cars that the DPD can track and control after they've ... More >>

Mayor, Police Chief Ask You Not To Buy Your Christmas Gifts On The Black Market This Year

Photos by Anna MerlanMayor Rawlings, Chief Brown and the council at this morning's presser to announce "attack" on buyers, sellers of stolen goods​This holiday season, City Hall, the Dallas Police Department and the Dallas County District Attorney's Office would like to remind you not to buy y ... More >>

DPD Assistant Chief: Homicides Are Way Down For the Year, But Burglaries Still a Problem

​Dallas Police Chief David Brown sent a sub to address the city council's Public Safety Committee this morning: Assistant Chief Charles Cato, who explained the crime-stat summary you see above. Said Cato: Crime's down 4 percent overall citywide, but when pressed by council member Delia Jasso later ... More >>

Dallas PD Catches (Alleged) NW Dallas Burglar

Dallas County Sheriff​Twice in recent weeks the Dallas Police Department has dispatched surveillance footage of a bald, back-packing man creeping around homes near Midway and Walnut Hill in Northwest Dallas -- the man initially ID'd only as the Lively Lane Prowler. He now has a name, according to ... More >>

Operation Heat Wave Takes Dallas Cops (And Unfair Park) to the Streets in Search of Friends

Photos by Leslie MinoraA bus depot employee tells one DPD officer that her block of Marsalis could use more police patrol.​​Over the weekend, media folk were invited to ride around in Dallas Police cars with officers of the Southwest Patrol Division in Oak Cliff to witness a summer crime-curbing ... More >>

Mayoral Candidate David Kunkle Explains Why He's No Longer Fan of Verified Response After Advocating For It as Dallas Police Chief

Photo by Sam MertenDavid Kunkle​Repealing verified response quickly rose to the top of Tom Leppert's to-do list shortly after he become mayor in June 2007. The controversial program required business owners to have someone at the scene of a burglar alarm to verify that a break-in had actually ... More >>

NorthPark Center Is Not a Drive-Thru. Unless, Apparently, You're Trying to Steal ATMs.

​This just in from the Dallas Police Department concerning an attempted smash-and-grab at the mall at around 3 this morning:Dallas Police Officers Responded to a call at North Park Mall at 8687 North Central Expressway regarding an open building. A witness who works at NorthPark Mall told officers ... More >>

How's That Juvenile Curfew Workin' Out?

Patrick Michels​Now that school's out for summer, the city council's Public Safety Committee is set to be briefed in a few minutes on the one-year-ish anniversary of the 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. curfew ordinance, passed by council on May 13, 2009, following some debate on whether or not it turned kids int ... More >>

DPD Sends This Reminder, or: All Right, Mr. DeMille, I'm Ready For My Close-Up

The Dallas Police Department sends along this video taken from a bait car that did its job -- says Sgt. Andy Harvey, the man involved in this particular smash-and-grab was arrested not long after he concluded his bad business. The point of this pass-along, says Harvey, is to remind the citizenry tha ... More >>

Yes, Most Crime in Dallas Is on the Decline. Except For Murders. And Home Burglaries.

​When last we looked at the city of Dallas's crime stats on November 13, there was just one number on the rise: homicides, up from 134 at the end of October 2008 to 141 at the end of October '09. But when Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle presents the latest crime report to the council's Public Saf ... More >>

More Cops Means Less Service?

If You Drive a Ford Pick-Up Truck, You Might Want to Pay Special Attention to This

Welcome to "Watch Your Car Month" -- and, no, we're not referring to this. Not exactly. But this morning at 10 at the Dallas Police Department Auto Pound on Vilbig Street, officials from several local auto-theft task forces will gather 'round stripped and recovered cars -- and a working one made en ... More >>

In Dallas, You May Not Be Murdered. But Your Stuff'll Get Stolen.

Nah, Think I'll Leave My Laptop on the Passenger Seat Tonight

How Much More Evidence Do You Need?

Junius Heights Could Use Some Hot Fuzz

Copper coppers

Move over, Iron Maiden--these metalheads dig copper

Call and No Response

Cause for Alarm

Truly Alarming

Thank an obscure, unelected city board for gutting the alarm ordinance

Call 911

Trying to report a crime in Dallas is almost worse than the crime itself

Crack Alley

A Dallas neighborhood fights crime using placards and protests

No. 1 With a Bullet

Welcome to America's crime capital

Ticket to Ride

It's good news for bad people as low morale saps Dallas cops' will to work

Best Humiliation of Shoplifters

Forbidden Media

Slight Club

Stuck in the Panic Room, Fincher takes us to a most familiar place

Pistol-packin' mama

After 26 years of fighting crooks and facial hair, a renowned landlord hangs it up

Decline and fall again

History's least funny era makes an amusing comeback in Dick

Buzz

Robbing 'em blind

For burglar Carnell Johnson, willing fences, indifferent neighbors, and friendly dogs ame for an easy living

On golden pawn

Thanks to police, stolen goods pay off for pawn shop owners

Reality bites

Tales takes a misty mountain hop through the truth

Good day for a robbery

Garvin McCain claims he can tell you when it's safe to go outside