I hope you caught this story in today's Metro section of the Dallas Morning News or followed the lead at the DMN Garland Blog. We knew there were burglaries being committed by teens skipping school. It's not indicated by this article, but I assume that previous report was a harbinger to this news.
 
Once again and every day, we owe thanks to the dedicated professionals that expertly work to constantly protect our community! Thank you.
 

From the Dallas Morning News:

19 teens arrested in string of home break-ins in Garland

12:47 PM CST on Friday, February 5, 2010
By ABIGAIL THATCHER ALLEN / The Dallas Morning News
 
Garland police have arrested 25 people, most of them teens, in connection with at least 15 home burglaries in the city.
 
One of the suspects faces a charge of possession with the intent to deliver heroin, and police believe the thieves were stealing flat-screen TVs and other valuable electronics to fund drug purchases.
 
"All of them are connected either through the offenses that they've committed or through the drugs that they were purchasing or selling," Garland police spokesman Joe Harn said of the suspects, who were arrested last month.
 
Of the 25 people arrested, 19 are high-school-age teenagers. Those still in school attend Rowlett, South Garland or Naaman Forest high schools, all in the Garland school district.
 
Around the beginning of the year, police noticed an increase in home burglaries in south Garland. While investigating one break-in, they arrested the first suspect, Harn said.
 
Police have issued a warrant for another suspect, 17-year-old Jonathan Barros, and Harn said more arrests may be made.
 
"This is still very much an ongoing case," he said.