MARCH 27 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation responded to a home on Avocado Blvd. last Friday morning regarding a stolen puppy. According to a PBSO report, the victim’s nine-month-old German shepherd puppy was kept outside in the yard. Sometime between 10 p.m. last Thursday and 6:30 a.m. the following morning, someone opened the gate to the yard and stole the puppy. According to the report, the victim found the puppy’s collar near a stop sign on the street and said it would have had to have been pulled off the puppy. The stolen dog was valued at approximately $1,500. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
MARCH 28 — A resident of 57th Road North called the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Friday evening to report the theft of a puppy. According to a PBSO report, the victim’s 10-month-old Rottweiler puppy was in the home’s front yard, and was stolen sometime between 4 and 5 p.m. The victim reported that an older white pickup truck was in the area at the time of the theft, and a neighbor was able to identify the vehicle and its driver. The puppy was valued at approximately $1,000. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
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MARCH 26 — An employee of the Village of Royal Palm Beach called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach last Wednesday to report a case of criminal mischief. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m. last Tuesday and 7 a.m. the following morning, someone damaged the aluminum entry and exit gates to Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. The perpetrator(s) used great force to bend the gates, which secure the park. The damage was estimated at approximately $600. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
MARCH 28 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on Hialeah Drive in Royal Ascot Estates last Friday regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 3:30 p.m. last Thursday and 8 p.m. the following evening, someone stole the wheels off the victim’s 2006 Ford Mustang. The vehicle was parked in a carport outside the victim’s guest house. According to the report, the victim noticed the vehicle had been put up on blocks, but had partly fallen off them. The stolen items were valued at approximately $4,476. There were no suspects at the time of the report.
MARCH 28 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was called to a gas station on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. last Friday evening regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, the victim attempted to use a $100 bill at the gas station and was told it was counterfeit. The victim said she received the counterfeit bill from her boss, who received it from a bank in Boynton Beach. The bill was confiscated. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
MARCH 31 — A resident of Sugar Pond Manor called the PBSO substation in Wellington on Monday to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime last Friday, someone stole the victim’s light gray Gary Fischer men’s mountain bike. The victim keeps the bicycle in the driveway in front of his garage. The bicycle was valued at approximately $500 and has a “Wheels of Wellington” sticker. There were no suspects or witnesses available at the time of the report.
MARCH 31 — An employee of the Dillard’s department store in the Mall at Wellington Green called the PBSO substation in Wellington on Monday evening to report a case of shoplifting. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 6 p.m., an unknown white male entered the store, walked to the ladies handbag section and selected six purses before running out of the store through the north exit and into a waiting vehicle. The stolen purses were valued at approximately $2,500. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
MARCH 31 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to the LA Fitness location on Forest Hill Blvd. Monday evening regarding a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, the victim was in the gym between 8 and 9 p.m. when someone stole her 2005 green Ford F-250 pickup truck from the parking lot. The victim reported that her .22-caliber revolver, along with a .380 pistol and several other items, were in the vehicle. There were no suspects or witnesses available at the time of the report.
MARCH 31 — A resident of Shoma Drive contacted the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach on Monday evening regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8 and 10 p.m., someone poured pink nail polish on her husband’s car, dented the passenger door and poured urine on the hood. The polish cannot be removed without damaging the vehicle’s paint. According to the report, the perpetrator(s) left a small plastic cup on the victim’s air conditioning unit. The victim said she did not see who damaged the vehicle, but believed it could have been neighborhood teens. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
MARCH 31 — A resident of The Acreage called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach on Monday to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, on Friday, March 21, the victim dropped his vehicle off at a vehicle repair shop on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. When he returned for the vehicle, he noticed his black backpack, containing his iPad, was missing. The victim said he contacted the employees of the shop, who said they had not found the backpack. According to the report, video surveillance footage did not show anyone taking anything from the vehicle. The victim later received a phone call from a woman who claimed to have his iPad. According to the report, the woman had purchased the iPad from two homeless men, and the victim would have to pay her $100 to return it. The victim met with the woman and paid her to return his iPad. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
