MARCH 19 — Deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach are investigating multiple vehicle burglaries in the Archstone community that occurred last Thursday between midnight and 8 a.m. According to the first PBSO report, there was a vehicle burglary on Sweetwater Bend between 1 and 4 a.m. Another report indicates that a vehicle on Cranes Roost was broken into between 3 and 5 a.m. In that incident, someone pried open the driver’s door and the front passenger door and removed a wallet, multiple bank cards and Nike Shock tennis shoes from the victim’s 2012 Chevrolet truck. According to a third PBSO report, also on Cranes Roost, sometime between 11 p.m. last Wednesday and 7:48 a.m. last Thursday, someone broke the front passenger side window of the victim’s 2000 Toyota 4Runner and removed multiple hand tools. DNA and fingerprint evidence were gathered from the vehicles.
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MARCH 17 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was contacted by an Acreage resident last Tuesday regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, the victim’s TD Bank card had been duplicated and used for multiple purchases in West Palm Beach. According to the report, his card was used at the Lowe’s Home Improvement store on Okeechobee Blvd. for a $510.58 transaction, at a Burger King for $14.70, at a Bed Bath & Beyond store for $300, and another at Lowe’s for $300.
MARCH 17 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on Green Grove Court last Tuesday afternoon regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, an unknown Hispanic male, approximately 5’10’’ and 140 lbs. wearing a gray shirt, black board shorts and sunglasses was caught breaking into the victim’s home. According to the report, the victim, who was home at the time, followed the intruder, who is then suspected of stealing a vehicle a few streets away, ramming a gate and fleeing the scene.
MARCH 17 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on Eagles Way Court last Tuesday afternoon regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 3 and 4 p.m., someone entered the victim’s home by smashing in a back window. According to the report, the suspect ransacked the residence, unplugging the television, stealing multiple equine medications and a Lenovo laptop computer.
MARCH 17 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to home in Royal Ascot Estates last Tuesday afternoon regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., someone ran a vehicle into a retaining wall on the victim’s property causing approximately $800 in damages.
MARCH 18 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to the parking lot of Palms West Hospital on Southern Blvd. last Wednesday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, someone broke the driver’s side window of the victim’s 2010 Nissan Maxima, causing $200 in damage. According to the report, nothing was taken from the vehicle.
MARCH 18 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on Flamingo Drive in Loxahatchee Groves regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8 a.m. and 4:10 p.m. last Wednesday, someone broke open the victim’s garage door and stole a 2006 Yamaha ATV.
MARCH 20 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to Stallion Drive in Fox Trail last Friday regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, at around 4:15 a.m. last Friday, the victim heard her horses outside the barn. She took her horses back inside of the barn and discovered that her red mountain bicycle, valued at $400, was missing. According to the report, the victim noticed that other items were rifled through, but nothing else appeared to be stolen.
MARCH 20 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home on Hyacinth Place last Friday morning regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9 p.m. last Thursday and 6 a.m. last Friday, several vehicle tires were punctured in the immediate area. One vehicle, a 2009 Dodge Avenger, had the right rear tire, valued at $75, punctured.
MARCH 20 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to the Old Navy store on State Road 7 last Friday afternoon regarding a shoplifting incident. According to a PBSO report, at approximately 6:30 p.m. last Friday, an employee noticed two women enter the store with empty bags and leave the store with items in the bags, including a blue shirt that one of the women was carrying, valued at $20. According to the report, video surveillance did not show the women adding items to their bags, however, it showed the bags were empty upon entering and not empty when they left. According to the report, the store employee captured the license plate of the vehicle the women left in, which is registered to a Belle Glade resident.
MARCH 20 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home on Folkestone Circle last Friday evening regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m., someone entered the victim’s unlocked Ford vehicle and ransacked the interior, removing $300 from the glove compartment.
MARCH 22 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called Sunday morning to a paintball store on Belvedere Road regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, the owner of the store, the victim, arrived at 9 a.m. to open the store and backed his vehicle up to the rear door. According to the report, after the victim deactivated the alarm and returned to his vehicle, he discovered that his $200 gear bag containing a paintball gun, rotor, kit, swab, batteries and a gun bag, totaling approximately $460, had been removed from the unlocked vehicle.
MARCH 23 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was contacted by a resident of The Acreage last Friday regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, when the victim tried to file his taxes with Turbo Tax, he received a notification that his Social Security number had already been used to file taxes. According to the report, the victim does not know who filed the claim or how they got his personal information.
