MAY 21 — A Miami Beach man called the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach last Wednesday morning to report a stolen vehicle. According to a PBSO report, the victim was working on his father’s motor home at his shop on Business Parkway. He left the shop at approximately 6 p.m., leaving the motor home parked in front of the bay doors. The victim’s shop is in a fenced compound, but he did not close the gate because there were other workers still inside. According to the report, the gate was left open overnight, and when the victim returned at approximately 9 a.m. the following morning, the motor home was missing. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
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MAY 21 — A resident of Wakulla Springs Way called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach last Wednesday to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between midnight and 6 a.m., someone removed the antenna from the victim’s vehicle, which was parked in his driveway. The victim noticed his dog was barking aggressively early in the morning. The stolen antenna was valued at approximately $300. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
MAY 21 — An employee of a church on Royal Palm Beach Blvd. called the PBSO substation in Royal Palm Beach last Wednesday to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, the employee noticed on Thursday, May 15 that a guitar was missing from the church’s fellowship room. The employee said that two unknown men had come to the church’s food pantry and said they were homeless and needed some food. The employee later noticed the guitar missing. According to the report, the employee did not know if the men had taken the guitar. The suspects were described as white men, approximately 5’5” or 5’6”. one was slim while the other was heavy set. The stolen guitar was valued at approximately $200. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
MAY 22 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was dispatched to the Grove Market shopping plaza last Thursday morning regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, the victim parked his Nissan convertible in the parking lot at approximately 7:30 p.m. last Wednesday. When he returned at approximately 9 a.m. the following morning, he discovered someone had vandalized his convertible top, causing approximately $2,500 in damage. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
MAY 23 — A resident of 61st Street North called the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation last Friday morning to report a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6 p.m. last Thursday and 6 a.m. the following morning, someone entered the victim’s two work trucks and stole several tools and other items, including a cordless drill, an impact driver and a cordless saw, as well as copper tubing, batteries, two fan motors and more. The vehicles were parked outside the victim’s home, and he came outside to discover that the doors were open. According to the report, the perpetrator(s) punched out the panel locks, causing damage to the frame of the vehicles. DNA evidence was taken at the scene, but there were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
MAY 25 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was called to a home in Saddle Trail Park last Sunday afternoon regarding a burglary. According to a PBSO report, at sometime between 6:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., someone used a blunt tool on the rear door window to gain access to the home, reaching through the glass to unlock the door. The perpetrator(s) then moved a television from one of the bedrooms and placed it in the living room, but fled the area when the house’s alarm went off. The perpetrator(s) caused approximately $200 in damage. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report, and it was not known if any items were taken.
MAY 26 — An employee of the Journeys store in the Mall at Wellington Green called the PBSO substation in Wellington on Monday to report a theft. According to a PBSO report, the victim was at work last Friday when sometime between 10 and 10:30 a.m., she misplaced her iPhone 4. The victim said it may have fallen out of her pocket or have been knocked from the check-out counter. According to the report, the victim was able to track her phone on Monday to a home in West Palm Beach. There was no further information available at the time of the report.
MAY 26 — A resident of the Preserve at Binks Forest called the PBSO substation in Wellington on Monday to report a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim and her family left town last Friday and returned home Monday to discover that her husband’s vehicle had been entered. The perpetrator(s) stole coin bags, sunglasses, a set of golf clubs, an iPhone 4 and a loaded magazine for a .45 caliber handgun. The stolen items were valued at approximately $2,130. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
MAY 26 — A resident of the Lakeside Shores community called the PBSO substation in Wellington on Monday to report a burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim left her home between 10 and 11 a.m. last Saturday to go grocery shopping. When she returned home, she had difficulty opening her front door. The victim went around to her patio and discovered that her sliding-glass door was unsecured and open. According to the report, the victim then discovered that her front door frame was cracked and separated, as if someone had tried to pry it open, however nothing had been taken from the home. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
MAY 27 — A deputy from the PBSO substation in Wellington was called to a home on Regal Court on Tuesday regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 7 a.m. last Friday and 1:17 a.m. Monday, someone removed the accordion hurricane shutters from the victim’s home. The shutters were mounted on the sliding-glass doors of the first floor of the home. The stolen shutters were valued at approximately $3,500. There were no suspects or witnesses at the time of the report.
