NOV. 15 — Deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office’s Royal Palm Beach substation are investing two incidents of tailgate thefts in the La Mancha community. According to one PBSO report, deputies were called to a home on La Mancha Avenue last Saturday afternoon regarding one of the incidents. According to that report, sometime between 10 p.m. last Friday and noon on Saturday, someone stole the tailgate from the victim’s 2008 Ford F350 truck. The tailgate was valued at $750. In a second incident, deputies were called to a home on Las Palmas Street, also last Saturday afternoon. According to that PBSO report, sometime between midnight last Friday and 12:50 p.m. last Saturday, someone stole the tailgate from the victim’s 2015 Ford F350 truck. That tailgate was also valued at $750. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
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NOV. 7 — A Royal Palm Beach woman contacted the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation on Friday, Nov. 7 regarding the delayed report of a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim was at a friend’s house in Madison Green and woke up on Oct. 28 to discover the driver’s side rear door of her vehicle open. According to the report, the victim thought nothing of it until Wednesday, Nov. 5, when she went to look for her camera bag, Apple laptop and other accessories, valued at approximately $2,078, and discovered that they were missing.
NOV. 8 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Target Superstore on Okeechobee Blvd. on Saturday, Nov. 8 regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, on Friday, Nov. 7, a loss prevention officer noticed a white male, with brown hair, a mustache and a thin beard, approximately 5’7’’ and 145 pounds enter the electronics isle, place a 46’’ Magnavox television into his cart and exit the store without paying for the television. According to the report, the same man entered the store the following day but left quickly after a loss prevention officer recognized him. The man fled in a 2011 Chevrolet Aveo. He was wearing a white shirt, plaid shorts, dark sneakers and a brown beaded necklace.
NOV. 9 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the AT&T store on State Road 7 on Sunday, Nov. 9 shortly after 6 p.m. regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, someone walked into the store and removed a black Samsung Galaxy S5 cell phone, valued at $650. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
NOV. 11 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on 52nd Road North last Tuesday morning regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, while cleaning out his garage, the victim discovered that his Stihl power pole chainsaw, valued at $514, had been removed from the garage. According to the report, there were no signs of forced entry, and other expensive tools were not removed. The victim was advised to check out local pawn shops for the saw.
NOV. 11 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called regarding a credit card complaint last Tuesday afternoon. According to a PBSO report, the victim received an e-mail notification of a $503 purchase made on a card issued in his name at the Publix supermarket on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. According to the report, the victim does not have the card in question, which he did not receive and had been replaced by the bank. According to the report, the victim does not know who has the card or how they were able to get it. There were no suspects at the time of the report.
NOV. 12 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was contacted by a Loxahatchee Groves resident last Wednesday regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, the victim noticed two fraudulent debit charges on his account, totally $9,000, from a casino in Hialeah. According to the report, the victim notified his bank, Wells Fargo, and the card was cancelled. The victim was advised to report the theft and fraud to the credit reporting agencies, the Department of Social Security, the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
NOV. 14 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called by a West Palm Beach resident last Friday regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between Sunday, Nov. 9 at 10 a.m. and Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 4 p.m., someone stole his Gibson Les Paul model guitar and accessories, valued at approximately $2,040. The equipment had been left at a church on Okeechobee Blvd.
NOV. 15 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home in the Polo Lakes community last Saturday morning regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8:30 p.m. last Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday, someone removed two unlocked Ferrari and Diamondback bicycles, valued at approximately $1,400, from the patio near the victim’s front door. There were no suspects at the time of the report.
NOV. 15 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to the Dillard’s department store in the Mall at Wellington Green last Saturday afternoon regarding a case of shoplifting. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 4:45 p.m., two male juveniles stole two Kenneth Cole watches, valued at $180. The juveniles were arrested for retail theft.
NOV. 16 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home in the Black Diamond community Saturday afternoon regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, the victim had four unauthorized credit cards opened in his name, with charges of $10,000 on one and $5,000 on another. According to the report, the victim was advised to notify the credit bureaus and acquire identity theft protection.
NOV. 17 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called Monday to a tree nursery on D Road regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12 and 8 a.m. the following morning, someone removed eight podocarpus trees in 25-gallon pots, together valued at $720, from the front of the nursery.
NOV. 17 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called Monday morning to a fitness facility on Southern Blvd. regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 5:10 and 6:36 a.m., the passenger window of the victim’s 2013 Toyota Camry had been smashed and her Burch purse containing multiple cards, an IPhone 4 and a Michael Kors wallet, together valued at $600, was stolen from the victim’s vehicle. DNA evidence was taken at the scene.
NOV. 17 — An Acreage resident called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation Monday morning regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, on Sunday, the resident discovered that a Dish Network account was opened using her Social Security number. According to the report, the victim contacted Dish Network. Representatives were unable to provide information regarding the recently opened account and told her to submit a fraud affidavit with the Federal Trade Commission. The victim did not know how her identity had been compromised. There were no suspects at the time of the report.
NOV. 17 — An employee of the Indian Trail Improvement District contacted the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation regarding a drug incident on Monday afternoon. According to a PBSO report, someone threw four trash bags into the canal at 62nd Court North and 140th Avenue North in The Acreage. The bags, which smelled strongly of marijuana, were removed by the ITID employee on Sunday. PBSO deputies investigated the bags, which included marijuana and marijuana growing equipment.
NOV. 18 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called Tuesday morning to a home on Headwater Circle regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9:30 p.m. on Monday and 6:15 a.m. on Tuesday, someone entered the victims’ unlocked vehicles and removed approximately $1,500 in cash from one vehicle and an iPhone 5s from another. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
