OCT. 30 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach responded to a home in the Lantern Walk community last Wednesday afternoon regarding a burglary in progress. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 2:16 p.m., the victim arrived home and observed a silver-and-blue vehicle with dark tinted windows in her driveway. The victim said a man was driving and pulled out of the driveway, drove down Par Drive and then returned to another driveway on the street. According to the report, two other men then ran out from the rear of one of the homes and got in the vehicle, fleeing the area. The victim said she could not identify the driver, but said one of the passengers was a black male, approximately 6’ tall with dreadlocks, wearing a blue and white jacket with blue jeans. According to the report, the vehicle was caught on video surveillance footage, but there was no further information available at the time of the report.
OCT. 30 — A resident of La Mancha called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach last Wednesday afternoon to report an attempted burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., someone attempted to enter the victim’s home. According to the report, the victim discovered that someone removed the screen to his living room window and cracked the window, and also cracked the window near the front door. Entrance was not made, likely due to the victim’s dogs. DNA evidence was taken at the scene, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
OCT. 31 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched to a home on Orange Blvd. last Thursday evening in response to a fire. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 6:55 p.m., the resident was heating up a pot of oil on the stove in her garage and left it while she took her dog outside. According to the report, when she returned, she smelled smoke and heard the smoke detector going off. The resident observed the fire and opened the garage door. According to the report, a passerby helped her put out the fire before Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue arrived. The resident was taken to Palms West Hospital where she was treated for a burned hand.
NOV. 1 — A resident from the Isles of Wellington contacted the PBSO substation in Wellington last Friday night regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 5 p.m. and 8:46 p.m., someone removed two bicycles from the victim’s driveway. The victim said the bicycles were left at the entrance to the driveway, and he did not know who would have taken them. The bicycles were described as a 20-inch Trek bicycle and a 21-speed mountain bicycle. The stolen bicycles were valued at approximately $400. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
NOV. 2 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was called to a home in the Pinewood East community last Saturday regarding a delayed report of a shooting. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 6:30 p.m. last Friday the victim heard loud sounds outside his house and went outside to discover several bullet holes in his vehicle. According to the report, a witness observed a white four-door vehicle driven by a black male pass by the victim’s home. The witness said he heard six gunshots come from the vehicle and saw smoke come from inside it. According to the report, the victim believed he saw the same vehicle parked outside his home at approximately 5 p.m. that day, driven by a heavy-set black male with a short afro haircut and a beard. According to the report, the deputy discovered eight 9mm bullet shells and casings from the roadway. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
NOV. 3 — A Royal Palm Beach man was arrested last Sunday on charges of shoplifting after he was caught stealing beer from the Publix supermarket on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the RPB substation was called to the store at approximately 2:20 p.m. after 26-year-old Isaiah Sterling attempted to exit the store with two cases of Heineken beer. A loss prevention officer stopped him and recovered the stolen items, which were valued at $26.58. Sterling was taken to the Palm Beach County Jail, where he was charged with retail theft.
NOV. 3 — A Lake Worth man was arrested last Sunday afternoon on shoplifting charges after he was caught stealing from the Walmart Supercenter on Belvedere Road. According to a PBSO report, a deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched to the store at approximately 4:30 p.m. after a loss prevention officer observed 35-year-old Joseph Swinbank walking around the store anxiously. According to the report, Swinbank entered the greeting card department and approached a shopping cart filled with items that the deputy believes were left there by an accomplice. According to the report, Swinbank began putting items in Walmart shopping bags. He then took the cart, along with the bags, and pushed it toward the exit. When approached by Walmart staff, Swinbank fled into the parking lot, where a deputy stopped him. According to the report, the deputy recovered $212.60 in stolen merchandise. Swinbank was arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail where he was charged with petty theft.
NOV. 4 — A resident of 188th Trail North called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation Monday morning regarding a suspicious incident. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 7:45 a.m., the victim noticed that the gate to her driveway was missing. The victim said she last saw the gate intact at approximately 8 p.m. last Sunday. According to the report, the victim believes someone was trying to access her property. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
NOV. 4 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched Monday afternoon to the intersection of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road and 75th Lane North regarding a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, the victim parked his gray 2002 Ford F-250 nearby at approximately 1 p.m. When the victim returned an hour later, the vehicle was missing. According to the report, the victim did not know who would have taken it. The vehicle had the letters RKC on the back window and a diamond-plate toolbox in the bed of the truck. According to the report, another deputy believed the vehicle may have been involved in a hit-and-run crash later that day. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
NOV. 5 — A resident of the Eastwood community called the PBSO substation in Wellington on Tuesday to report a burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 1 and 9:30 p.m. Monday, someone entered the victim’s home through the garage side door. According to the report, once inside, the perpetrator(s) stole a 40-inch Samsung television, 25 to 30 Playstation video games and 15 to 20 DVD movies. The stolen items were valued at approximately $425. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
