Sugar high

Run your sweet tooth off at these sugar-fueled Dallas races

If you've made a vow to resist sugary treats, you might want to give up now. Two upcoming races — the Hypnotic Donut Dash and the Hot Chocolate RAM Series Race — are sure to blow that no-sugar resolution. However, you can walk or run off those calories, so that's at least one resolution intact.

Even though the organizers of the Hypnotic Donut Dash at Fair Park tell us that you don't have to eat your way through a dozen to win, there are three doughnut hole stations set up throughout the course. At the end of the 5K, a doughnut party replete with live music, sugary treats and beer await the athletes — assuming their stomachs can handle it.

When you pick up your packet, you get a Jaguar chip to time your race and a pretty cool T-shirt as a keepsake. Register online before January 25 and pay $30, or sign up on race day — January 26 — for $35.

The Hot Chocolate 15/5K at the Cotton Bowl February 9 is dubbed "America's sweetest race." Although running a 5K is doable, signing up for a 15K (9.3 miles) seems anything but sweet. But sugary incentives include a sweatshirt in your goody bag and a finisher's mug full of treats such as hot chocolate (duh), a banana with chocolate sauce, and marshmallows.

It's important to note that when you sign up for the race — whether you run the shorter course or you're in it for the long haul — you're promising to keep your pace at or under a 15-minute mile. (We might have to reconsider what that chocolate-y goody bag is worth.)

However, we commend these Hot Chocolate folks, who are as serious about giving back as they are about keeping everyone on task. The race benefits the Ronald McDonald House Charities. Register online to sign up. The 15K is $68; it's $48 for the 5K.

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Dallas police seek help in identifying 2 jerks who dumped their dogs

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Fat jerk getting back into his red Jeep after dumping his dog.

The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying not one but two men who abandoned their dogs off Dowdy Ferry Road in southeast Dallas.

In Texas, abandoning a dog is considered animal cruelty. The penalties for abandoning a dog in Texas can include: Misdemeanor – Abandoning a dog is a Class A misdemeanor in Texas. If convicted, a person can face up to a year in jail and up to $4,000 in fines. That's something but it's not enough.

Both incidents took place in the 2400 block of Dowdy Ferry Road, an area well known amongst low-lifes for dumping animals and anything generally sketchy.

The first took place on June 3, 2024, at about 5:15 pm, when a male exited a red Jeep with a black hardtop, opened the back door to let out a black pit bull type dog, then drove off.

The dog sniffs some paint cans, also dumped on the side of the road, then notices the Jeep has driven off, and runs after him.

How do you be that guy? How do you be a jerk with a fat gut, scraggly black hair, ballcap, scraggly chin fuzz, stupid tattoos on your calves, who looks to be in your 30s yet goes around outside wearing flip-flops as regular shoes, have a sweet dog you dump on the side of the road?

Sometimes it's easier to identify someone if you see them moving. To see this guy as he waddles to the back of his Jeep, click here for the video.

If he or his Jeep looks familiar, this investigation is case number 086508-2024.

Fat dumpy male, dark car, Dowdy Ferry Road Dumpy male gets out of his dark car, while his two dogs are still inside.DPD

The second incident took place June 18, 2024, at about 12:05 pm, when a male exited his dark-colored car and opened the front passenger door to let out two Cane Corso dogs, then abandoned them at the location.

He looks to be in his 40s, with a paunchy gut, wearing a pale collared jersey, jeans, and sneakers. His car is a beat up old Scion, around a 2006, dark gray or black with a few dents in the front. Who do you know who drives a Scion?

This guy exhibits guilt. He gets out and trudges around the area with the two dogs following him. He returns to the area of the car and the dogs jump back in. He looks around, then stumbles a bit down the street before returning to shoo the dogs out.

To see him in action, click on the video here. This investigation is ongoing and is documented on case number 094077-2024.

The videos are from the Dowdy Ferry Animal Commission, a group of volunteers, some of whom live nearby, who've spent a decade documenting this behavior. Their Facebook page is here, and they accept donations for cameras and other gear.

Anyone with any information regarding these offenses is asked to contact DPD Crime Stoppers at 1 877-373–TIPS or Detective H. Tamez, #8518, with the Animal Cruelty Unit, at 214-671-0115.

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