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True Crime #5

The home was an absolute mess — drawers emptied and the TV gone. Times have been difficult lately for Lake Highlands physician Jim Caddell. His fiancée’s 21-year-old daughter was dying with cancer. On the July [...]

2010-05-03T07:18:34-05:00July 3rd, 2009|

True Crime #11

These crooks returned to steal the car a second time. Irwin Lighthouse can’t believe it. On June 3, someone broke into his home and then made off with his 2002 Toyota Avalon.   But that [...]

2010-05-03T07:14:47-05:00July 3rd, 2009|

True Crime #6

All of the electronics were gone. Robert Walker and family were returning to their Rolling Hills home to get ready for a trip out of town. The burglary of their house was immediately evident. “I [...]

2010-05-03T07:10:03-05:00May 18th, 2009|

True Crime #7

The brick mailbox was a crumbled mess on the sidewalk. For retiree Joe Aldridge, the vandalized mailbox was a costly annoyance, but nothing new in his neighborhood. “Somebody came along and decided to change the [...]

2010-05-03T07:05:43-05:00April 9th, 2009|

True Crime #10

Everyone knows a dog is man’s best friend. Kathy and Bob Welty recently found that out firsthand when a burglar entered their home through a rear bedroom window. “He broke in through an unlocked gate [...]

2010-05-03T07:01:21-05:00March 9th, 2009|

True Crime #9

Shattered windshields are a nuisance. Windshield vandalism has become a regular occurrence in Tim and Barbara Tumlinson’s neighborhood, and they unfortunately have been hit twice in the last year. “We think it was a BB [...]

2010-05-03T06:55:44-05:00February 15th, 2009|

True Crime #12

Jennifer Gurley arrived home on a cold afternoon. She had left work early because of the incoming ice storm, and was relieved when she arrived to her cozy adobe. Gurley had walked through the garage [...]

2010-05-03T06:46:25-05:00January 27th, 2009|

True Crime #1

“Curiosity killed the cat,”goes the addage. In this case, the cats’ curious behavior exposed a burglary.Donnice and Jordan Michael were on vacation in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a female neighbor saw something suspicious, three unfamiliar felines [...]

2010-05-03T06:40:36-05:00November 26th, 2008|

True Crime #3

Thieves will use any prop to commit a crime: bricks, pipes and even their own fists are potential aids. In Mike Averitt’s case, the thief who broke into his home hurled two potted plants, which [...]

2010-05-03T06:34:12-05:00November 14th, 2008|

True Crime #10

Homeowner Denise Crowder left her house a little bit earlier on Halloween morning to take her husky-mix dog, Val, to the vet in McKinney. In the confusion of an early morning and dog wrangling, she [...]

2010-05-03T06:26:04-05:00October 31st, 2008|