MARCH 25 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach was called to the Super Target store on Okeechobee Blvd. last Wednesday morning regarding a business robbery. According to a PBSO report, Calvin Louis James was caught concealing a set of JBL speakers, valued at $439.96 under his shirt at approximately 10:30 a.m. last Wednesday morning. According to the report, James passed all of the store’s registers and was confronted by two loss prevention officers. He then pulled out a folded knife and lunged at them before exiting the store. According to the report, James saw two PBSO deputies in the parking lot and began running in the opposite direction until he was caught. According to the report, the speakers were recovered, and James was arrested on charges of robbery with a weapon and aggravated assault.
MARCH 28 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Super Target store on Okeechobee Blvd. last Saturday afternoon regarding a shoplifting incident. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 2 and 5 p.m. last Saturday, James Mott was observed removing a Norelco electric shaver, valued at $249.99, from the store. According to the report, Mott was observed running in the parking lot and attempting to flee in a red Cadillac sedan. Mott dropped the shaver before he was caught. According to the report, Mott had 0.4 grams of heroin in his wallet and admitted to stealing two Motorola smart watches, valued at $599.99, from the same store on March 25. Mott was arrested and charged with petit theft, resisting an officer, possessing a controlled substance without a prescription and grand theft.
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MARCH 19 — Deputies from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation are continuing to investigate additional reports of vehicle break-ins in the Archstone/Hidden Harbor community. According to one PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m. March 18 and 3 a.m. the following day, someone broke into the victim’s 2009 Honda Civic located on Sweetwater Bend, removed $60 and broke the driver’s side window, causing $100 in damage. In another case, someone broke into a 2002 Ford F-250 that might have been unlocked on Bent Oak between 10 p.m. March 18 and 3 a.m. March 19 and removed $5 in change and a Pioneer radio, valued at $200. In a third case, sometime between March 18 at 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. the following morning, someone burglarized the victim’s 2010 Ford Escape, removing change from the interior and smashing a passenger door window, causing $100 in damages.
MARCH 21 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home in Sugar Pond Manor last Friday regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between March 14 and 21, someone entered the victim’s home and removed an iPhone 5 and a tablet device. DNA evidence was gathered from the home.
MARCH 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Southern Palm Crossing shopping plaza last Wednesday evening regarding a criminal mischief complaint. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6 and 10:50 p.m. last Wednesday, someone sliced the tires of the victim’s 2011 Kia, threw eggs on the vehicle, poured sugar on the hood and wrote on the vehicle with permanent marker, causing approximately $1,000 in damages.
MARCH 26 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home in Greenway Village South last Thursday afternoon regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, upon returning to her home after an extended absence, the victim noticed that a window on her enclosed patio was open and discovered that a deep freezer, portable washing machine and elliptical bike exercise machine, together valued at $1,050, were missing. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
MARCH 26 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home on La Mancha Ave. last Thursday afternoon regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, someone attempted to enter the back door with a prying object, but did not gain entry. The victim’s large dogs are suspected to have deterred the would-be burglar.
MARCH 28 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to the emergency room at Wellington Regional Medical Center last Saturday morning regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, the victim left her personal FitBit device, valued at $129, plugged into a work computer and went to take care of patients. According to a PBSO report, approximately an hour later, she returned to find that her FitBit was missing.
MARCH 30 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home in the Sugar Pond Manor community Monday morning regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between noon on March 17 and 8:50 a.m. on March 30, someone smashed the rear sliding glass door to the home and removed a Samsung Blu-Ray player and a Panasonic TV, causing $500 in damage and removing $700 in items. According to the report, the home was rented out, and the previous tenants left March 17. Deputies attempted to gather fingerprint evidence at the home.
