The Crime: Criminal mischief
The Victim: Michael Davis
Date: Friday, March 28
Time:  3:35 a.m.
Location: 6400 block of Chevy Chase Lane

Michael Davis has found himself in a sticky situation, quite literally.

For the past three months, his home has been the target of vandals who have coated it with everything from pancake syrup to raw eggs to spray paint. The software engineer lives in Preston Hollow with his wife and two children. He says the random attacks on their home have left the entire family feeling frustrated, annoyed and confused.

“I think it is a misunderstanding with them (vandals),” Davis says. “Maybe it is some kids who are mad because I didn’t buy some magazines or something.”

The vandalism began in February and hasn’t ceased. The culprits are now attacking the house sometimes up to three times a week, or in two-week intervals. Davis says the first of these acts happened in the driveway around the back of his house.

“The first time, they spray-painted graffiti on my garage door and driveway,” Davis says. “They were curly-cues and squiggles, but nothing recognizable.”

Next they threw broken glass all over his driveway. After that, they vandalized the front of his house.

“They saturated the front entrance of my home with cooking oil,” Davis says. “It soaked into the brick and the concrete and made a mess.”

And the damage to his property didn’t stop there. The light post in the front yard was knocked over when a car drove through his lawn.

“I could see the tire tracks coming up on the lawn,” Davis says. “It looked as if they knocked it down and then backed out the same way.”

Vandals then struck again by pouring pancake syrup all over his driveway. But this time they left the small generic-brand bottle as evidence.

“They are getting most of their weapons from the cooking section at the local Kroger,” Davis says.

In their most recent act, the vandals smashed raw eggs all over his back driveway and then proceeded to cover that mess in ketchup.

“I’ve seen a dark Toyota Camry or Honda Accord cruise by the house after a couple of the baking incidents,” Davis says. “But it was hard to put it together at 3:30 in the morning.

Davis has talked to the police who patrol his neighborhood, and he says they are aware of his family’s situation.

Dallas Police Lt. Michael Woodbury says he has a hunch about why Davis’ home is being targeted.

“He might have said something and was not aware of it,” Woodbury says. “Him going to talk the police in his area is the best way to catch them.”