Wellington Woman Robbed At Gunpoint

FEB. 10 — A resident of Lily Court called the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Wellington early Monday morning after she was robbed at gunpoint in her home. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 4 a.m., the victim heard her dog barking at the front door and opened it. An unknown male then grabbed her and put a silver revolver up to her neck. According to the report, a second man then entered the home with a bag and walked through the house, looking for items to take. The victim was forced to lie on the floor, face down, for approximately 40 minutes while the suspects were in her home. The suspects then fled in an unknown direction. According to the report, the suspects stole the victim’s LG cell phone and a black and gray bag containing fake jewelry. The first suspect is described as a light-skinned black male, approximately 5’7” and wearing a dark-colored, long-sleeved hooded sweater. The second suspect was described as a black male, approximately 6’ tall, wearing a black shirt with a red shirt wrapped around his face. There was no further information available at the time of the report.

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FEB. 5 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation responded to a home on 23rd Court North last Wednesday afternoon regarding a home burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8 and 11:30 a.m. someone entered the victim’s home and stole several electronics. The perpetrator(s) backed a truck up to the front door of the home, then walked around to the east-side door and pried open the deadbolt to gain access to the home. At approximately 9:30 a.m., the victim logged onto one of his computers from another location and noticed that two of his four personal computers were offline, and he could not get the webcams to work. The victim arrived at the residence at approximately 11:30 a.m. and noticed that the front gate was open and that there were tire tracks from what appeared to be a truck on the driveway. There were also fresh boot prints on the covered sidewalk, leading to the side door. According to the report, the victim entered the home to discover that 10 to 15 of his old laptops had been stolen, along with a 42-inch Samsung television, several web cameras, computer mouses, computer discs and a machete. The stolen items were valued at more than $50,000. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

FEB. 6 — A resident of Cheatham Hill Blvd. called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Thursday to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, the victim had his air-conditioning unit replaced at approximately 3 p.m. last Wednesday. When he came home last Thursday at approximately 3 p.m., he discovered that the new Maytag air-conditioning condenser unit, located on the west side of the property, had been disassembled, with most of the parts stolen. The stolen items were valued at approximately $2,000. According to the report, the deputy observed tire marks from a truck backing up along the south side of the home and turning onto 37th Road North. The tire tracks continued in a western direction. There was no further information available at the time of the report.

FEB. 7 —  A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on 170th Avenue North last Friday afternoon regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 3 p.m. last Thursday and 1:30 p.m. the following afternoon, someone entered the victim’s property and disassembled the air-conditioning unit, stealing most of the parts from the air-conditioning condenser. According to the report, the fence was removed near the main gate at the canal access on 170th Avenue North. The stolen items were valued at approximately $1,500. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

FEB. 8 — A Lake Worth resident called the PBSO substation in Wellington last Saturday evening regarding a theft at Village Park on Pierson Road. According to a PBSO report, the victim was at the Village Park gym playing basketball. He put his gym bag containing an iPod touch in a locker at approximately 5:45 p.m. and padlocked it with his own personal lock. When he returned from playing basketball at approximately 8 p.m., he opened his locker to find the iPod case sitting on top of his gym bag with the iPod missing. The victim did not know who would have taken the item or how they accessed the locker. The stolen item was valued at approximately $300. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

FEB. 9 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to a home in the Wellington’s Edge community last Sunday regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7 p.m. last Friday and 3 p.m. the following afternoon, someone entered the victim’s vehicle and stole approximately $220 from his wallet, which he kept in the center console of the vehicle. The victim said no credit cards or other items were taken. According to the report, the victim said he locked the vehicle, but the deputy saw no signs of forced entry. The victim last saw the cash in his wallet when he was grocery shopping. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

FEB. 9 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was called to the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center last Sunday morning regarding a vehicle theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9:30 p.m. Saturday night and 5:30 a.m. the next morning, someone stole the victim’s EZ Go golf cart from outside one of the stabling tents. The victim said no one else had permission to drive the cart. The stolen golf cart was described as a four-seat, silver EZ Go cart with the farm’s name written across the front of it. It was valued at approximately $4,800. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.

FEB. 9  — A resident of the Isles at Wellington called the PBSO substation in Wellington last Sunday afternoon to report a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m. last Saturday and 2:30 p.m. the following afternoon, someone entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle and stole a Louis Vuitton diaper bag from the rear floorboard, as well as a Stella and Dot wallet and Gucci sunglasses from the center console. The stolen items were valued at approximately $3,550. The victim said she had a sleepover for her daughter and her friends that night, but was not sure who would have taken the items. There was no further information available at the time of the report.

FEB. 10 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was called Monday to a home in the Olympia community regarding a burglary. According to a PBSO report, the complainant said the residents of the home were evicted at the beginning of the month. The complainant, who manages the property, was at the home last Sunday to clean out trash. Sometime between 2 p.m. last Sunday and 1 p.m. the following afternoon, someone entered the home and stole a Whirlpool stainless steel stove and microwave and a white clothes dryer. According to the report, a witness observed a white box truck at the home last Sunday, after the complainant had left. The stolen items were valued at approximately $1,550. There was no further information available at the time of the report.