Woman Scammed Out Of $1,000 Cash

SEPT. 10 — A Royal Palm Beach resident called the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach on Monday afternoon to report a case of fraud after she was allegedly scammed out of $1,000. According to a PBSO report, the victim was in the Commons Plaza on State Road 7 at approximately noon when she was approached by an unknown black male who said his name was James. According to the report, the man said he had found an envelope with $30,000 cash and wanted her help to find a post office because the envelope was addressed to Cuba. The victim said that an unknown black female then joined them, and the three of them discussed how to divide the money. According to the report, the black male said his boss would help them with the paperwork and that he needed $1,000 from each woman. According to the report, the victim drove the two suspects around the corner of the plaza, where the man said he worked. The victim was unable to see the office from where she was parked, but the man left to go into the office and then returned. The woman then left to go to the office and returned. Then the victim was told to go into the office and complied. According to the report, the employees in the office told her they didn’t know what she was talking about. When the victim returned to her car, the suspects were gone with her $1,000 cash. According to the report, the victim believed she would make $11,000 on the deal. The deputy said he spoke with employees of the office where the suspect supposedly worked, but none of them observed the suspects in or around the office. There was no further information available at the time of the report.

SEPT. 5 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach responded to a home in the Preserve at Crestwood community last Wednesday morning regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim left his home at approximately 9:30 a.m. At approximately 11 a.m. he was notified of an intruder, and a deputy responded. According to the report, the deputy discovered that someone entered the home through the rear sliding glass door and pried open the victim’s safe in the master bedroom closet. The perpetrator(s) removed several pieces of jewelry from the safe. The stolen items were valued at approximately $2,950. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

SEPT. 7 — A business owner contacted the PBSO substation in Wellington last Friday morning to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, the victim was cleaning a roof in the Versailles community and left his pressure washer on the homeowner’s driveway while he was on the roof. When he went to retrieve the pressure washer, it was gone. According to the report, the homeowner said he observed a man walk up to the pressure washer, carry it to his white Ford van and drive away. According to the report, the homeowner said he knows the man and was able to give the deputy his information. There was no further information available at the time of the report.

SEPT. 7 — Two West Palm Beach men and a Royal Palm Beach juvenile were arrested last Friday afternoon on burglary charges after neighbors saw them attempt to break into a home on Palm Beach Trace Drive. According to a PBSO report, two neighbors contacted the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach after they observed three black males break into the victim’s home through a window. One witness said she observed a black male with short, cropped hair, wearing a black shirt and black shorts open the victim’s window using a towel. According to the report, she then observed a black male with short hair, wearing a white T-shirt and black shorts, reach inside the home and pull on the window blinds. The third suspect, a black male with short black dreadlocks, a black shirt and black shorts, appeared to be acting as a lookout. The witness said the men fled the area. According to the report, the deputy arrived and observed the three suspects running westbound along the canal. He made contact with them and identified Justin Brown and Dominique Felder, both 18, along with the juvenile. Both witnesses were able to identify the men as the burglars, and the deputy observed that the window to the home was open, the curtain was pulled down and it appeared the blinds had been damaged. Brown and Felder were arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail, where they were charged with burglary to an unoccupied dwelling. The juvenile was taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center.

SEPT. 8 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched to a home on Key Lime Blvd. last Saturday morning regarding an act of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9 p.m. last Wednesday and 10 a.m. last Saturday, someone pulled the victim’s electricity meter off the wall. According to the report, the victim discovered his garage door was not working and observed that the seal on the meter had been broken, and it was hanging from the wires. The meter is valued at approximately $200. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

SEPT. 8 — A resident of the Sunglade Point community contacted the PBSO substation in Wellington last Saturday evening regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, the victim said that a white-gold ring was stolen while moving houses. The victim said he believes it was taken by one of the movers. The stolen ring was valued at approximately $7,860. There was no further information available at the time of the report.

SEPT. 8 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to the Chevron gas station on Greenview Shores Blvd. last Saturday afternoon regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim parked his vehicle at the gas station and went inside, leaving his black wallet on the passenger seat. According to the report, while he was inside, someone entered his vehicle through his unlocked passenger door and removed his wallet containing his bank card, Social Security card and photos. The victim said he checked his bank and discovered there were two fraudulent charges made at the same gas station for $56.13 and $125. The deputy contacted the clerk, who verified that the $56.13 charge was made at a pump. The deputy was able to retrieve fingerprints and a DNA sample from the vehicle. Video surveillance footage was available, but there were no suspects at the time of the report.

SEPT. 9 — A Royal Palm Beach woman was arrested last Sunday afternoon on charges of theft after she was observed stealing cash from JCPenney. According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the Wellington substation responded to the Mall at Wellington Green after 53-year-old Cheryl Veneziano, an employee of the store, was observed stealing $50 cash from the cash register. Veneziano was arrested and charged with theft.

SEPT. 9 — A resident of Collecting Canal Road called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Sunday morning to report an act of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 2:30 a.m., the victim heard a loud noise outside his property and later observed that approximately 40 feet of his wooden fence had been damaged. The victim said he believed a tractor caused the damage. According to the report, the victim then discovered that another 10-foot section of his fence had also been damaged in a similar manner. According to the report, the victim’s wife also heard the noise and went outside to find a large yellow front-end loader tractor followed by a white Chevy pickup truck traveling south on A Road. She said she did not observe either vehicle causing damage to the fence. According to the report, the deputy observed large tire tracks, consistent with a tractor, along the fence line near the damaged areas. The deputy followed the tire tracks to a gated private property. According to the report, the deputy was unable to make contact with the homeowners and could not see if there was a tractor on the property. The damage was estimated at $300. There was no further information available at the time of the report.

SEPT. 10 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched Monday morning to a car dealership on Southern Blvd. regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 3:30 p.m. last Sunday and 11:30 a.m. the following morning, someone entered an unlocked truck and removed a navigation system along with the interior dash panels. The stolen items were valued at approximately $2,900. There were no suspects or witnesses available at the time of the report.