MARCH 21 — A Wellington man was arrested last Friday on shoplifting charges after he was found to have shoplifted from the Super Target store on Okeechobee Blvd. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report, at approximately 2 p.m. last Thursday, 27-year-old Daniel Gomez entered the store and stole a Dyson vacuum, a Sony blue-ray disc player and a Bose sound system. The stolen items were valued at $1,519. According to the report, the incident was caught on video surveillance cameras, but Gomez fled before he could be stopped. Last Friday, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Gomez entered a Target store in Greenacres and was arrested for theft. According to the report, a deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was able to identify Gomez as the suspect who had stolen the items from the RPB store. Gomez was arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail, where he was charged with theft.
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MARCH 19 — A resident of West Sycamore Drive called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Wednesday to report a suspicious incident. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 7 p.m. last Tuesday, an unknown white male came to the victim’s home while she was at work. The suspect made contact with her roommate and identified himself as an auditor with Bank of America who was sent to meet with the victim concerning her financial situation. According to the report, the suspect had a folder that he said contained bank documents concerning the victim and her loan company. The suspect left his name and a phone number. According to the report, the victim contacted Bank of America, which said it does not make contact with customers in that manner and that no one with the suspect’s name works for them. According to the report, the victim is currently restructuring her loans and it’s possible her information was available as a public record.
MARCH 19 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on Persimmon Blvd. last Wednesday regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 6:30 a.m., the victim came outside to discover that his Florida license plate was no longer attached to his Honda Civic. The victim parked his vehicle outside his home on the driveway near his other two vehicles, which were not missing their plates. According to the report, the victim was not sure when the plate was taken. The victim’s property is fenced and gated, and there were no signs of forced entry. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
MARCH 19 — A resident of 82nd Lane North called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Wednesday to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6 and 9:30 a.m., someone stole a 6,500-watt Coleman generator with a Honda engine from the victim’s property. The generator was strapped to a utility trailer. The stolen item was valued at approximately $850. There were no suspects or witnesses.
MARCH 19 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched to a home on 93rd Road North last Wednesday regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 1 and 6 p.m. last Tuesday, someone stole two rug-cleaning machines from inside the victim’s garage. The victim left his overhead garage door open at the time and was likely in his back yard at the time of the theft. The machines were valued at approximately $700. There were no suspects at the time of the report.
MARCH 21 — An Acreage man was arrested last Friday on charges of theft after he was found to have stolen from a restaurant on Southern Blvd. According to a PBSO report, an employee of the restaurant contacted the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach at approximately 11:30 p.m. to report the use of a fraudulent credit card. The employee said 22-year-old Adrian Harper had left the restaurant without cashing out, stealing approximately $127. Harper was located at his home with the cash. He was arrested and taken to the county jail, where he was charged with petty theft and two counts of illegal use of a credit card.
MARCH 24 — A resident of Madison Green called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach on Monday to report a home burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 a.m. and 12:40 p.m., someone smashed the sliding-glass door in the master bedroom to gain access to the home. Once inside, the perpetrator(s) ransacked two of the bedrooms and stole approximately $1,000 in cash, along with various pieces of jewelry. According to the report, several witnesses observed a thin black male, approximately 5’10” tall, wearing a green jacket and carrying a black backpack, in the area around 10 a.m. Another neighbor observed a white Dodge Charger parked at another home at approximately 11:30 a.m. The neighbor said the Charger drove slowly past the victim’s home before fleeing. The same neighbor also reported a small white compact car in the area around the same time. DNA evidence was taken at the scene.
MARCH 24 — A Wellington resident contacted the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach on Monday to report a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, the victim was contacted by the federal unemployment agency, which asked him if he was unemployed. The victim said that he is currently employed and has never filed for unemployment. According to the report, the agency had all his information, and he believes someone used his information to file for unemployment.
