AUG. 7 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach was called to a home on Sandpiper Avenue last Thursday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim parked his company truck on his driveway at approximately 7:30 p.m. last Wednesday, with a Honda 6500 generator in the truck bed. On Friday, at 6 a.m., when he drove the truck to work, he discovered that the generator, valued at $2,500, was no longer in the truck bed. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
AUG. 7 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was called to the Costco Wholesale store on Southern Blvd. last Thursday regarding a delayed shoplifting report. According to a PBSO report, on Tuesday, July 22 at approximately 7 p.m., a man exited the store with eight cases of Red Bull energy drink and presented his receipt to an employee, who thought that something looked unusual about the receipt, but the date and time were correct. The employee let the man leave, then went to talk to someone in loss prevention. According to the report, they were able to determine that the man selected the merchandise, valued at $264, then walked around the check out area without paying and presented the employee with a fraudulent receipt. The deputy was informed that Costco’s loss prevention department had determined that the man has done the same thing at multiple locations in Palm Beach and Broward counties. Video surveillance evidence is being gathered.
AUG. 7 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach was dispatched to Commons Park last Thursday evening regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim parked and locked her vehicle in the park’s main lot at 6 p.m. and returned 15 minutes later to find her driver’s side rear window broken with glass on the ground. The victim’s Kate Spade purse, which was left on the rear seat in plain view, had been stolen. Taken with the purse were the victim’s Fossil wallet, $100 in cash, a Verizon cell phone and various forms of identification and credit cards. According to the report, the victim’s credit cards had already been used at a local gas station. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
AUG. 8 — Two Royal Palm Beach men were arrested on felony drug charges after a PBSO deputy stopped them early last Friday morning on Southern Blvd. for a vehicle infraction. According to a PBSO report, an investigation revealed that the suspects had hypodermic needles, heroin and other controlled substances in their possession. The driver, Joseph Silvia, was charged with possession of heroin with the intent to sell, and with possessing and/or using drug equipment. The passenger, Ozell Polk, was charged with drug possession for having a controlled substance without a prescription. He was found with 23 grams of Hydrocodone and 19.2 grams of Oxycodone.
AUG. 10 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home in the Barrington Woods community Sunday morning regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between midnight and 1:45 a.m. Sunday morning, someone used a brick to break a glass door and enter the master bathroom of the home. The victim woke upon hearing the front door beep and saw that it was open, and her roommate’s door was open. Her roommate is currently out of the country, so there was no way to determine what, if anything, had been stolen.
AUG. 10 — A Royal Palm Beach man was arrested Sunday afternoon on grand theft charges. According to a PBSO report, the Target store on Okeechobee Blvd. reported a delayed theft from Friday, Aug. 8 of a $599 Vitamix blender and a $69.99 Swiss Gear backpack. Video surveillance determined that Alfonso Ferreiro, 62, was the suspect. According to the report, when the Royal Palm Beach deputy questioned Ferreiro and showed him a surveillance photograph, Ferreiro confessed to being in the Royal Palm Beach Target store.
AUG. 11 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was dispatched to the Black Diamond community Monday morning regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 2:30 and 3 a.m. on Sunday, a group of teenagers were recorded vandalizing the northeast gate of the community’s clubhouse. According to the report, one of the teens is shown snapping the welding on the gate, valued at $400, and pushing it open. The group left the pool unsecured and the gate broken. Video surveillance was taken into evidence, but there was no further information available at the time of the report.
AUG. 11 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was dispatched Monday morning to the FPL facility on Flying Cow Ranch Road regarding a burglary. According to a PBSO report, someone walked to the front door of FPL’s Substation #623 sometime between last Friday at noon and just after midnight Monday morning and used a blunt tool on the door’s deadbolt. The perpetrator caused approximately $3,000 in damage, before entering and removing a 200-foot spool of copper wire. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
