DEC. 1 — Deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Wellington were called Monday morning to the southwest corner of South Shore Blvd. and Indian Mound Road regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 11 p.m. on Sunday and 6:30 a.m. on Monday, someone destroyed a bank of mailboxes located at the intersection. According to the report, it appeared as though a large vehicle drove through the mailboxes, destroying the boxes, along with several steel and concrete posts, causing approximately $16,000 in damages.
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NOV. 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a hotel on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. last Tuesday regarding a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6 p.m. last Monday and 7 a.m. the next morning, the victim’s 2006 Ford F550 work truck was stolen. The truck contained a welder machine, compressor, torches and tools estimated to be worth at least $10,000. According to the report, the victim had been staying at the hotel for the last month doing construction work in the area.
NOV. 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home on Barcelona Drive in La Mancha last Tuesday morning regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, while the victim was working outside from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. last Tuesday, someone entered her home through an open sliding glass door and removed an iPhone 5, iPad and cash from her purse, valued at approximately $1,175. Fingerprint evidence was taken from the sliding glass door.
NOV. 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to Commons Park on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. last Tuesday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9 and 11 a.m. last Tuesday, someone smashed the rear side window of the victim’s 2008 Audi 3.2 and removed a Prada purse and its contents, valued at more than $5,000. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
NOV. 26 — Last Wednesday, a victim came to the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation to report a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, the victim contacted an online agency and obtained a nanny position. According to the report, the victim was informed that the family she would be working with was moving to the area and needed to make prior arrangements. The victim was sent a check, with instructions to cash the check and mail the money to a real estate agent. According to the report, the victim was to receive $400. Following the instructions, the victim later learned that the checks were bad and is out several thousand dollars.
NOV. 30 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation stopped a vehicle at the intersection of Royal Palm Beach Blvd. and Country Club Drive early last Saturday morning because of an expired tag. According to a PBSO report, when the deputy stopped the vehicle, the driver was nervous and admitted to having alcohol in the center console. According to the report, the deputy discovered the alcohol, along with 22.5 grams of marijuana and approximately 8.5 grams of cocaine. The driver, 22-year-old Markee Johnson, was arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail.
NOV. 30 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home on Lakeview Drive West on Sunday morning regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 3 and 3:45 a.m. on Sunday, deputies arrived to a burglary in progress. According to the report, the victim was watching television in bed when he heard a noise from his balcony. Upon looking out the sliding glass door, the victim saw the upper part of a male body in the screened in balcony. According to the report, the man jumped off the balcony and ran in an unknown direction. He was wearing a tan baseball cap. DNA evidence and fingerprints were taken from the scene.
DEC. 1 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called Monday morning to a home on Barberry Drive regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between midnight and 8 a.m., someone entered the victim’s 2013 Ford F250 and stole the victim’s bowling bag and bowling balls, valued at approximately $475, from the rear seat of the vehicle. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
DEC. 1 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called Monday afternoon to the Macy’s department store in the Mall at Wellington Green regarding a case of shoplifting. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 2:40 and 4 p.m., 27-year-old Shanteria Felton attempted to steal $842.23 worth of children’s clothing from the store. The clothing was recovered, and Felton was arrested for felony retail theft and resisting a merchant.
DEC. 1 — A Village Walk resident called the PBSO’s Wellington substation Monday evening regarding a credit card theft. According to a PBSO report, after using her credit cards at a grocery store, the victim left her purse unattended at a massage business. According to the report, when she went to pay, she noticed that her MasterCard and American Express card were missing from her wallet. According to the report, it was discovered that her MasterCard had been used at a Chevron gas station and the Super Target store in Royal Palm Beach. There were no suspects at the time of the report.
DEC. 2 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called Tuesday morning to a home on Paddock Drive regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between Sunday, Nov. 30 at 9 p.m. and Monday, Dec. 1 at 8 a.m., the victim’s 2003 Toyota Tundra, parked inside his garage, was broken into. According to the report, the garage door opener was missing from the vehicle, along with change, two pairs of sunglasses and a cell phone charger, valued at approximately $370. According to the report, the vehicle was left unlocked.
