PBSO Investigating Vehicle Burglaries In Lakefield Area

OCT. 6 — Several vehicles in Wellington’s Lakefield area were burglarized last weekend. Deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Wellington are investigating the incidents, which appear to be related. According to one PBSO report, there was a vehicle burglary on South Club Drive sometime between midnight and 7 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5. The victim noticed that someone had entered his 2003 Mercedes 350ML, scattering papers. Later, he noticed that a backpack with Stanton reading glasses, a Dell laptop computer and important papers were missing from the vehicle. Approximately a quarter of a mile away, another vehicle was burglarized on Lakefield North Court. According to that PBSO report, sometime between 3 and 4 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5, two unlocked vehicles on the victim’s driveway were entered. According to the report, the victim’s daughter’s purse was stolen, which contained her license, birth certificate and more. Latent prints were gathered from the scene. Also last weekend, a garaged vehicle was burglarized on Country Golf Drive. According to that PBSO report, sometime between 7:30 p.m. last Saturday evening and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, the victim’s wallet was stolen from the passenger seat. The victim noted that it was possible that the garage door was left open. When she went to run an errand, she noticed that the glove box was open and her wallet was missing. DNA evidence was taken from the vehicle.

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SEPT. 30 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home in La Mancha last Tuesday regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between Monday, Sept. 29 at 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. the next day, someone removed 25 four-foot metal hurricane shutters from the victim’s back yard. According to the report, the victim’s neighbor noticed a blue truck in front of the home.

OCT. 1 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home in Madison Green last Thursday regarding an instance of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, the victim’s Honda Civic was damaged sometime between 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30 and 9 a.m. the following morning. Two long scratches were left on the driver’s side of the vehicle. According to the report, a neighbor had video surveillance available, which captured a suspicious vehicle making three passes past the victim’s car, turning off the headlights before arriving at the car and turning them back on when leaving.

OCT. 1 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to Florida Power & Light’s West County Energy Center last Wednesday afternoon regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. last Wednesday, someone keyed the rear driver’s side of the victim’s 2014 Infinity while it was in the parking lot where the victim works. The damage is estimated at approximately $500.

OCT. 2 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to Greenway Village last Thursday afternoon regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 11:30 a.m. and noon last Thursday, the victim was working at the community’s gated trash area and left several tools there. Ten minutes later, the bag and tools, valued at approximately $250, were gone. It is unknown whether someone intentionally stole the tools, or if someone thought the tools were being thrown away took them, since they were near the trash area.

OCT. 2 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on 120th Avenue North in The Acreage last Thursday afternoon regarding the theft of auto parts. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7:30 p.m. last Wednesday and 6 p.m. last Thursday, someone removed a gear box from a buggy parked on the victim’s front lawn. The gear box, valued at $3,000, was unbolted, and the bolts were taken.

OCT. 3 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on 93rd Road North in The Acreage last Friday regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 5 p.m. last Thursday and 2 a.m. last Friday, someone lowered the tailgate of the victim’s 2006 Dodge pickup truck and removed a pressure cleaner, valued at $2,500, from the vehicle.

OCT. 4 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a business on Business Parkway last Saturday afternoon regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, an unknown man entered the victim’s office seeking employment. According to the report, the victim and the job seeker spoke before the victim exited the building, unintentionally leaving the unknown individual alone in the office. Upon return, the victim noticed that his iPhone 5 was missing from the counter. The unknown man proceeded to flee the scene. The victim gave chase, but was unable to catch him.

OCT. 5 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home in the Bella Terra community last Sunday morning regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m. last Saturday and 7 a.m. Sunday, someone smashed the right rear window of the victim’s 2011 Mazda 3, parked in her driveway. According to the report, it does not appear as though the perpetrator entered the vehicle, and no one in the house heard or saw anything suspicious.

OCT. 5 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Grandview at Crestwood community last Sunday morning regarding the vandalism of a vehicle. According to a PBSO report, someone threw a white liquid on the victim’s four-door black 2012 Toyota Corolla. According to the report, the liquid was on the front bumper, hood, roof, left driver’s side door and the left side of the trunk. The right side of the vehicle remained unharmed. After experimenting, it was determined that the white substance came off with soap and water.

OCT. 6 — A resident of Key Lime Blvd. called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation Monday regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, last Friday, the victim received an e-mail from Chase Bank notifying her of a password change. The victim then discovered that $2,000 was moved from her savings account to her checking account and someone had attempted to send the money to someone in small increments through a “quick pay” feature. According to the report, the payments were unsuccessful and the account was closed. The victim was encouraged to place a fraud alert on her identity.

OCT. 6 — A resident of 75th Place North called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation Monday morning regarding a suspicious incident. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 2 and 7:30 a.m. on Monday, someone vandalized two of the victim’s vehicles by pouring a foreign substance on them. One vehicle was parked on the driveway in front of the home, and the other was parked behind the home. The fluid was chocolate brown in color, and the victim was going to try to wash it off. There was no other damage to the vehicles, or burglarizing of the vehicles, noted at the time of the report.

OCT. 6 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on 77th Lane North on Monday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7:30 p.m. last Saturday and 10:15 a.m. Sunday, a skateboard and a pair of Oakley sunglasses, together valued at approximately $310, were removed from the victim’s unlocked vehicle.

OCT. 6 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Royal Palm Beach Recreation Center on Sweet Bay Lane on Monday evening regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 5:55 and 7 p.m., someone broke the passenger-side rear window of the victim’s 2006 Subaru Forrester and removed the victim’s brown Louis Vuitton handbag, a Kindle and a canvas bag containing clothing. The items, valued at $1,780, were left in plain view on the rear passenger side of the locked vehicle. DNA evidence was taken from the window.