NOV. 28 — A resident of La Mancha called the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach twice over the past week to report an act of vandalism and a theft regarding his holiday decorations. The first call was last Wednesday evening regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, the victim left his home at approximately 4:30 p.m. and returned three hours later to find that his inflatable Frosty the Snowman decoration had been removed from his front lawn, smashed up and left on the curb several feet away from his home. The perpetrator(s) caused approximately $40 in damage. On Monday, the resident called again to report a theft. According to a second PBSO report, sometime between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. last Sunday, someone removed a wooden Frosty the Snowman lawn ornament from the victim’s property. The ornament, valued at approximately $40, depicted the snowman and reindeer in front of a red stop sign. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of either report.
DEC. 1 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington responded to a home on Meadow Wood Drive last Saturday morning regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 11 p.m. last Friday and 5:30 a.m. the following morning, someone removed a plastic baby Jesus from the victim’s Christmas display and knocked down and removed other holiday decorations in the victim’s yard. The perpetrator(s) stole the plastic baby Jesus, valued at approximately $50, and caused $100 in damage to the other decorations. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
NOV. 22 — A resident of 77th Place North contacted the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation Thursday, Nov. 22 to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21 and 2 p.m. the following afternoon, someone stole the victim’s mailbox and stand from his property. The victim said he did not know anyone who might have done it. The stolen mailbox was valued at approximately $70. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
NOV. 26 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home in Royal Ascot Estates last Monday morning regarding stolen vehicles. According to a PBSO report, the victim last saw his three Harley-Davidson motorcycles in his driveway at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 25. When he went outside at approximately 5:25 a.m. the following morning, he noticed that two of the motorcycles were missing and another one had been stripped. The victim said he owns all three motorcycles and that they had alarms installed on them. The motorcycles were parked in his driveway and obscured from view by two large vehicles. According to the report, one of the stolen motorcycles is a 2002 Harley-Davidson soft-tail deuce with a custom paint job. The other is a custom-built 2005 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy tricycle. The stolen motorcycles were valued at more than $36,000. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
NOV. 30 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to a home in Sturbridge Village last Friday evening regarding an act of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, the victim arrived home last Thursday and noticed a clay pot and lamp on his porch that had not been there previously. The victim said the lamp had been plugged into an outlet and switched on. According to the report, the victim switched off the lamp and secured the screen door. But last Friday, the victim returned home at approximately 6 p.m. to find that someone had cut a hole in the screen door in order to gain access to the porch, and again turned the lamp on. According to the report, the victim rents the property and was unsure if it was his landlord or someone else who damaged the screen and put the items on the patio. The perpetrator(s) caused approximately $50 in damage. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
DEC. 1 — A resident of Versailles contacted the PBSO substation in Wellington last Saturday to report a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim removed some cash from a secured cash box in her master bedroom at approximately 5:30 p.m. last Friday and then left her home. She returned approximately two hours later and noticed the box was missing when she went to bed at approximately 11:45 p.m. According to the report, there was no sign of forced entry, and the deputy believes the perpetrator(s) entered the home from the garage door. The victim said there was approximately $53,000 in cash in the box. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
DEC. 2 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to the Mall at Wellington Green last Sunday afternoon regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, the victim was eating lunch at the mall at approximately 3:38 p.m. and left her LG Optimus phone on the table. When she returned, the phone was missing. According to the report, the deputy was able to trace the phone’s GPS to a home, but was unable to make contact with anyone there. The phone is valued at approximately $179. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
DEC. 2 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach responded to the Royal Inn on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. last Sunday morning regarding a theft. According to the report, the victim has been staying at the hotel while working in the area, and sometime between 8 p.m. last Saturday and 10 a.m. the following morning, someone siphoned approximately $200 worth of diesel fuel from his work truck. The victim said the same thing happened in November. There were no suspects at the time of the report.
