FEB. 10 — A deputy from the Royal Palm Beach substation of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office was called to the Target store on Okeechobee Blvd. last Tuesday morning regarding a long-term theft. According to a PBSO report, 26-year-old Daniel Smith was observed on the store’s security footage stealing money from the register since December 2014. According to the report, Smith was brought to the management office and met with a deputy before he was arrested on grand theft charges for stealing a total of $4,149 from the store.
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FEB. 10 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Royal King Buffet restaurant on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. last Tuesday morning regarding a business burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10:30 p.m. last Monday and 9:10 a.m. last Tuesday, the rear door of the restaurant was forced open with a prying tool, $200 was stolen, as well as a HP laptop computer, valued at $200. Fingerprint evidence was recovered at the scene.
FEB. 10 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation received a call last Tuesday from a woman in Louisiana regarding fraudulent activity in Palm Beach County on her Navy Federal Credit Union account. According to a PBSO report, the victim has never been to Palm Beach County, yet her card was used at the 7-Eleven on Southern Blvd. in Royal Palm Beach on Feb. 10 between 6 and 7:45 p.m. for three ATM withdrawals, totaling $520. The victim was advised by police in Louisiana to file a report with a PBSO and see if there was video surveillance available.
FEB. 11 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home on Shoma Drive last Wednesday afternoon regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., someone burglarized the victim’s home, removing an Apple iPad Mini, an iPod and a laptop, together valued at $2,900. According to the report, the victim leaves the key to the front door under the mat by the front door and noticed that the front door was unlocked and the key was missing when she returned to her home. According to the report, the perpetrator(s) also stole a 46-inch television, a 37-inch television and two sets of headphones. DNA and fingerprint evidence were collected at the scene.
FEB. 11 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was contacted by a resident of the Seminole Estates community last Wednesday evening regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, the victim called the PBSO regarding five fraudulent charges on her Chase credit card that were made at a Publix store in Lantana and a Starbucks coffee shop in Boynton Beach.
FEB. 12 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Palms West Plaza on Southern Blvd. last Thursday morning regarding a delayed theft report. According to a PBSO report, sometime between Dec. 21 and Jan. 6, someone cut the lock to a gate securing an AT&T site and removed 60 feet of copper wire, valued at $4,000. According to the report, other technicians noticed the theft a month ago but did not report it to the PBSO.
FEB. 13 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to 148th Terrace North in Loxahatchee Groves last Friday morning regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9 p.m. last Thursday night and 6:30 a.m. last Friday morning, eight political campaign signs, valued at $235.50, were removed from the victim’s property.
FEB. 13 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Target store on Okeechobee Blvd. last Friday afternoon regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, Michael Carlson removed beer from the store, passing all purchase points without paying. According to the report, Carlson entered the store without money and removed $203.43 worth of beer, which was later recovered. Carlson was arrested and charged with retail theft.
FEB. 15 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home on Easthampton Circle Sunday morning regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, deputies arrived to a burglary-in-progress, set up a perimeter around the residence and dispatched a K-9 unit to the scene, along with a helicopter. According to the report, the victim went to get a drink from the kitchen, heard noises on the patio and noticed someone trying to come in through an open bedroom window.
FEB. 15 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to the Wellington Marketplace shopping plaza Sunday night regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, after work, the victim found two young black males acting strangely near her 2007 Saturn. According to the report, one of the males was near the rear and the other was inside the vehicle going through her glove box. According to the report, nothing was stolen, the vehicle was not damaged and the suspects entered the vehicle from an unlocked door.
FEB. 16 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center on Monday morning regarding a motorcycle theft. According to the report, a motorized Yamaha dirt bike, valued at $3,000, was last seen locked up under a covered barn at 10 p.m. last Saturday night.
FEB. 16 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home in the Wiltshire Village neighborhood Monday afternoon regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, an unknown white male entered the home’s open garage while the owners were home and removed a cruiser bike, valued at $250. According to the report, the man was approximately 20 to 30 years old, somewhere between 5’7’’ and 5’10’’, with short brown hair, a slight mustache, wearing a green shirt and light denim pants.
FEB. 16 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called Monday afternoon to the Pointe at Wellington Green shopping center on Forest Hill Blvd. regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, someone smashed the driver’s side window of the victim’s 2013 Mercedes GLK350 and removed a Burberry purse and wallet containing cash, keys, eye glasses and sunglasses, as well as identification cards The stolen items were valued at $2,530.
