JUNE 16 — A Wellington woman was robbed at gunpoint Monday night as she waited on State Road 7 to turn into the Versailles community. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report, at approximately 11 p.m., the victim was sitting in her vehicle, waiting to turn into the Versailles community when she was hit from behind by an older SUV. The victim got out of the vehicle to survey the damage and made contact with the driver, a white female with blonde hair. According to the report, while the victim was focused on the vehicle, an unknown white male wearing a dark nylon mask exited from the passenger side of the vehicle with a semi-automatic handgun and forced the victim to the ground next to her vehicle. He demanded the victim’s purse, and the female suspect grabbed the victim’s hair and pushed her down. According to the report, the male suspect opened the victim’s vehicle door and stole her purse. The suspects then got into their vehicle and fled northbound on SR 7. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
JUNE 12 — A resident of Sparrow Drive called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach early last Thursday morning to report a fire. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9 p.m. last Wednesday and 2:15 a.m. the following morning, the victim’s Ford Mustang caught on fire in the parking lot located behind his apartment. The fire also damaged a Pontiac van parked beside it. According to the report, Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue responded and discovered that the fire was caused by a faulty fuse box in the engine compartment.
JUNE 12 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was called to a gas station on State Road 7 last Thursday morning in response to a theft. According to a PBSO report, the victim was at the gas station and paid for an item, then walked away from the counter and left his wallet sitting there. When he got to the door of the gas station, the victim realized that he didn’t have his wallet and turned back to retrieve it. According to the report, when he returned to the counter, the wallet was gone. The employee on duty did not know what happened to it. There was video surveillance, but no further information was available at the time of the report.
JUNE 12 — A West Palm Beach woman called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach last Thursday to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, the victim rented a van from a car rental company on Monday, June 9. When she returned the vehicle, she forgot to retrieve a Sunpass device from behind the rearview mirror. According to the report, the victim spoke to the company, which said the van was rented but no one had turned in the Sunpass device. The stolen item was valued at approximately $25. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
JUNE 12 — An employee of the Walmart Supercenter on Belvedere Road called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach last Thursday night to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 10 p.m., a witness observed two male suspects select several computers and printers and exit the store through the west entrance. The witness said the men came back twice, managing to enter and exit the store without any employees noticing. According to the report, the suspects stole six printers and computers of unknown brands, valued at approximately $2,000. The suspects were described as black males, one approximately 5’6” tall and the other approximately 6’2” tall and heavyset. One of the suspects was wearing black shorts and a white t-shirt with the letters “DGK” on them. The other was wearing a white t-shirt and long blue shorts. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
JUNE 13 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched to a home on Orange Grove Blvd. last Friday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m. last Thursday and 9 a.m. the following morning, someone entered the victim’s boat and stole a Ray Marine GPS unit, a Penn electric downrigger and several fishing poles and reels. The victim reported that the boat had been parked in his driveway on a trailer for several days. The stolen items were valued at approximately $5,750. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
JUNE 15 — A resident of 126th Drive North called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Sunday morning to report a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10:30 p.m. last Saturday and 7 a.m. the following morning, someone disabled the battery on the victim’s truck to prevent the vehicle alarm from going off and smashed the rear window. Once inside, the perpetrator(s) stole several pieces of construction equipment, including freon containers, a freon recovery unit and three rolls of copper. The stolen items were valued at approximately $3,100. There were no suspects or witnesses available at the time of the report.
JUNE 16 — An employee of Palms West Hospital called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation Monday to report a delayed theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8 and 9 a.m. last Thursday, someone entered the victim’s office and stole an iPad Air from her desk. The victim left the iPad on her desk to charge and when she returned, the iPad was gone, but the charger remained. The stolen iPad was valued at approximately $1,000. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
JUNE 17 — A resident of Greenacres contacted the PBSO substation in Wellington on Tuesday to report a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9 a.m. last Thursday and 9 a.m. last Saturday, someone entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle parked in the Wellington Reserve plaza and stole a Taurus 9mm gun from the glove compartment. The victim said the gun was loaded with five full metal jacket bullets. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
JUNE 17 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was dispatched to Wellington Regional Medical Center on Tuesday regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, the victim was in the hospital and sometime between 8 a.m. last Sunday and 5 p.m. Monday, someone stole a $100 bill from her purse. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
JUNE 17 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was called to the Palm Beach Polo Golf & Country Club on Tuesday morning regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. the following morning, someone smashed the windows on three vehicles, causing approximately $2,200 in damage. There was video surveillance footage, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
