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Suspect detained in vehicle theft at Merriman ParkwayDallas TX

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audio iconMotor Vehicle Theft
Merriman Pkwy, Dallas, TX 75231

As discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a report of an attempted vehicle theft near Merriman Parkway in Dallas involving a man trying to start a white Buick LaCrosse with a temporary plate. Officers located the suspect near Wacow Creek Trail Marker 217 and detained him without incident.

Audio|Heard on: Dallas TX Law Dispatch Group Calls
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01:28
Transcript:
00:00
We have a UDMV in progress, near Merriman Parkway.
00:04
A male is trying to open the steering column to start a vehicle, a white Buick LaCrosse.
00:10
Bravo 200 thirty-three forty-one oh nine.
00:13
Tip us. Problems.
00:14
If you want, I can cover it.
00:15
Okay, perfect.
00:16
Thank you. All right, looks like a parks supervisor is calling it in again.
00:20
A male, unknown clothing description, is trying to open the steering column in a white Buick LaCrosse.
00:26
License plate (number withheld).
00:30
Temporary plate.
00:32
They are at Wacow Creek Trail Marker 217.
00:37
Go to 200 and seventy-seven.
00:38
I am about to code text on that.
00:40
Yeah, boss, I'll get you out of a major disturbance near Shadow Way.
00:44
Also, 200 and forty-four.
00:45
Can you pass another vehicle for me?
00:47
Sure, go ahead with it.
00:49
It's going to be like a Tide Pond Mary Frank (number withheld).
00:53
Come back to the black Jeep.
00:55
Yes, ma'am.
00:56
And I do have it coming back to a twenty-seven.
00:59
Hey, hold the radio for me, please.
01:00
Hold the radio.
01:03
Seventy-seven.
01:04
I got one at gunpoint.
01:06
He's compliant.
01:08
I just need another unit here.
01:10
All right, ten four. Let me use them to increase the code three.
01:12
Bravo 221 or Bravo 233.
01:15
Increase the code three.
01:17
Ten four. Ten four.
01:20
Seventy-seven, we got one detained.
01:22
You can slow everybody down.
01:23
All right, 1041 detained at 1004.
01:25
Element headed to that UDMV in progress.
01:27
Reduce to code one at 1004.

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Location mentioned:
Merriman Pkwy, Dallas, TX 75231

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