JAN. 27 — A deputy from the Acreage/Loxahatchee substation of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office was called to a home on 70th Place North in The Acreage on Tuesday afternoon regarding a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 3 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday, someone entered the victim’s property and removed the RV, valued at $11,500. According to the report, the concrete barrier at the entrance to the property was damaged by whoever stole the RV.
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JAN. 16 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation met with a resident of the Victoria Grove community Jan. 16 regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, the victim noticed unauthorized charges totaling $1,600 to his Bank of America account. According to the report, the victim contacted the bank to dispute the charges and cancel his debit card.
JAN. 19 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to an apartment on Christina Drive last Monday regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between Sunday, Jan. 18 at 11 p.m. and 1 p.m. on Monday, Jan .19, someone broke into the victim’s locked 2004 Toyota and stole an HP work laptop, valued at $600, left on the rear seat. According to the report, there were no signs of forced entry. DNA and fingerprint evidence were taken at the scene.
JAN. 20 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a home on La Mancha Ave. last Tuesday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, someone entered the victim’s 2005 Toyota Tundra at approximately 8:30 a.m. and removed a black satchel containing $703 in U.S. currency and various documents. According to the report, the victim saw a possible suspect, a white male wearing a gray shirt, leaving the area of the home on foot. However, PBSO deputies did not find the suspect during a canvas of the area.
JAN. 23 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to investigate a case of fraud last Friday. According to a PBSO report, deputies were contacted by a woman in North Carolina regarding the theft of her Social Security money. The money was not directly deposited into her account in January. According to the report, the victim checked with Social Security and was told that her account had been changed to a debit card system, and that the funds had been withdrawn from an ATM at the Publix store on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. According to the report, $1,280 had been stolen via fraudulent ATM withdrawals in two transactions.
JAN. 24 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home in the Binks Estates community last Saturday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6:30 p.m. last Friday and 6 a.m. last Saturday, someone removed a brown wallet containing $140 and the victim’s license and credit cards from an unlocked 2010 Dodge Nitro. According to the report, the wallet was left on top of the center console. The victim found the wallet thrown on the grass. Fingerprint evidence was gathered at the scene.
JAN. 24 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a residential business on 120th Avenue South last Saturday morning. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m. last Friday and 8:30 a.m. last Saturday, someone entered into the victim’s unlocked office and residence and removed an Apple computer, a Dell laptop and a Toshiba laptop, as well as the victim’s wallet. According to the report, the victim’s Honda 4-wheeler, with its key in it, was also removed. Apple was contacted, and the computer was tracked to a Lake Worth residence, where detectives were able to obtain a search warrant and recover the stolen computers.
JAN. 24 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation received a fraud report last Saturday afternoon from an Acreage resident. According to a PBSO report, someone attempted to open a Nordstrom credit card online with the victim’s information. According to the report, a Nordstrom representative called the victim to confirm the application, and once it was determined to be fraudulent, the application process was halted.
JAN. 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home in Margate Place early Sunday morning regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, shortly after midnight, the PBSO was called to the home after a neighbor saw five teenage boys enter the residence. Deputies locked down the home and were able to detain the minors, who did not have permission to be in the unoccupied home. The minors, who had marijuana on them, were later released into the custody of their parents.
JAN. 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a vacant home on F Road in Loxahatchee Groves on Sunday afternoon regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 4 p.m. last Friday and 1 p.m. Sunday, someone entered the home owned by Deutsche Bank and stole multiple Frigidaire brand appliances, including a microwave, range, dishwasher and refrigerator, valued at $3,000, in addition to a light fixture, valued at $150. The theft was discovered when the agent for the property performed her weekly check. She noticed a broken window, tool marks upon the entrances and that the front door of the residence was ajar.
JAN. 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was contacted Sunday afternoon regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, last Saturday, between noon and 2:30 p.m., the victim had been shopping at several locations on Southern Blvd., and upon attempting to pay at one location, noticed that her Michael Kors wallet, valued at $100, was missing, along with her driver’s license and various bank cards. According to the report, the victim began calling to cancel her cards and was told that her Chase Bank card had already been canceled due to suspicious activity and her American Express card had been used for unauthorized purchases at Best Buy and Target totaling more than $4,000.
JAN. 25 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to the Dillard’s department store in the Mall at Wellington Green on Sunday afternoon regarding a shoplifting incident. According to a PBSO report, at 3:20 p.m., a mustache-wearing Hispanic male, wearing a large white hat and a blue plaid shirt, stole a $180 Fossil purse from the store. According to the report, the unknown man was seen getting into a brown minivan before fleeing the area.
JAN. 26 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation received a letter regarding the theft of appliances, plumbing, a door and a heating/cooling system from a vacant Fannie Mae bank-owned property in the Counterpoint Estates community. According to the PBSO report, the letter reporting the theft came from a company assigned to manage the home on Dec. 15.
JAN. 26 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a business in the Commons at Royal Palm shopping plaza Monday morning regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, on Jan. 22, the business manager discovered that a water pump and time box for an irrigation system, valued at approximately $2,500, was missing from the property. According to the report, the victim believes that the perpetrator would have had to know what they were doing to remove the complicated parts with such accuracy.
JAN. 26 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to the Eastwood community Monday morning regarding an attempted vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m. Sunday and 9:30 a.m. Monday, someone attempted to break into the driver’s side of the victim’s 2012 Infiniti QX60. Nothing was reported removed from the vehicle.
JAN. 27 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on 87th Lane North in The Acreage on Tuesday evening regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, residents of the home left at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday and returned around 9 p.m. to discover that the rear sliding door was open, as well as a potentially unlocked bedroom window. According to the report, two check books from Bank of America, a gold locket valued at $50, and medications were removed. Fingerprint evidence was collected at the home.
