NOV. 20 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched to a home in the Palm Beach Trace community last Tuesday morning regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim left his home at approximately 10:55 a.m. and returned about 40 minutes later to find that his rear door was unlocked and ajar. The victim said that someone had entered his home and ransacked his bedroom, stealing a PBSO-issued Glock 40-caliber pistol. According to the report, the perpetrator(s) also stole two fully loaded magazines from the victim’s gun belt. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
NOV. 16 — An employee of the UPS Store on State Road 7 contacted the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach on Friday, Nov. 16 regarding a delayed theft. According to a PBSO report, the employee went on the roof of the store on May 13 and noticed that four rooftop air compressors were missing from the building. The employee said he reported it to the property manager, who asked that he report it to PBSO. The stolen items were valued at approximately $10,000. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
NOV. 16 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched to a home in La Mancha on Friday, Nov. 16 regarding a home burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between Friday, Nov. 2 and Wednesday, Nov. 14, someone entered the vacant house and stole a washing machine, dryer and refrigerator. According to the report, the glass window of the side door had been broken, and the perpetrator(s) removed a piece of plywood securing the door to enter the home. The stolen items were valued at approximately $600. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
NOV. 20 — Two residents of the Bella Terra community called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach last Tuesday to report vehicle burglaries. According to separate PBSO reports, the victims parked their cars outside their homes last Monday and returned the following day to find their belongings missing. According to one PBSO report, sometime between 9:30 p.m. last Monday and noon last Tuesday, someone smashed the driver’s-side window of the victim’s vehicle and stole a black designer purse from the front passenger seat. The victim said the purse also contained a designer wallet and sunglasses. The stolen items were valued at approximately $1,100. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. According to a second PBSO report, sometime between 6 p.m. last Monday and 8:30 a.m. the following morning, someone entered the victim’s unlocked car and stole a 9mm Ruger pistol from inside the center console. The victim said he checked the rest of the car and his home, but he was unable to locate the gun. According to the report, the stolen gun was valued at approximately $379. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
NOV. 23 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was called to the Wellington Marketplace last Friday afternoon regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 3 and 4 p.m., someone punched in the driver’s-side lock on the victim’s vehicle and stole his wallet, containing $80 cash as well as a watch valued at approximately $300. DNA evidence was taken at the scene, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
NOV. 23 — Several employees of Publix at the Courtyard Shops contacted the PBSO substation in Wellington last Friday to report vehicle burglaries. According to separate PBSO reports, the victims parked their cars in the parking lot and went to work, returning to find their cars damaged or belongings missing. According to one PBSO report, the victim arrived at work at approximately 4 p.m. When she returned to her car approximately two hours later, she discovered that someone had caused damage to her door handle in an apparent attempt to enter her vehicle. According to the report, it appeared that the perpetrator(s) never made entry to the vehicle and nothing was missing. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. In a second PBSO report, the victim parked his vehicle in the rear of the parking lot at approximately 3 p.m. and returned at approximately 8:15 p.m. to find that his driver’s-side door lock had been punched out and someone had stolen a pair of Bushnell binoculars. The stolen item was valued at approximately $100. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report. According to a third PBSO report, sometime between 5 and 8:30 p.m., someone punched out the victim’s driver’s-side door lock and stole an iPod from the vehicle. The stolen item was valued at approximately $300. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
NOV. 24 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to a farm in the Little Ranches community last Saturday evening regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 5 and 6 p.m., someone shattered the rear passenger-side window of the victim’s vehicle and stole approximately $200 cash, the victim’s bank cards and driver’s license, a house key and a bottle of prescription Xanax. A witness observed a black sedan enter the property and back in near the victim’s vehicle at approximately 5 p.m., but the occupants of the vehicle were not identified. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
NOV. 26 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach responded to the Regal Cinemas parking lot Monday night regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8:30 and 10:50 p.m., someone used an unknown object to shatter the driver’s-side window of the vehicle and stole $10 cash, along with a purse. The victim said that her purse contained her bank cards, a check written in the amount of $426, her house keys, Social Security cards and more. According to the report, the victim’s bank alerted her that at 10:22 p.m. someone had used her bank card at a store in West Palm Beach, making an initial charge of $1 and having it declined. DNA evidence was taken at the scene, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
