OCT. 13 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called Monday afternoon to an area along Banyan and Hamlin boulevards in The Acreage regarding multiple instances of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., 43 road signs and four electrical boxes were spray painted with “TWR*” from the intersection of Hamlin Blvd. south to 82nd Road North on Banyan Blvd. According to the report, just before 82nd Road North, the speed bump was tagged with gold and black spray paint. The damage is estimated to be approximately $1,000.
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OCT. 7 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a location on Crestwood Blvd. last Tuesday afternoon regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 4:20 and 4:40 p.m., the victim’s 2003 Honda Pilot was parked at the Royal Palm Beach Nature Trail when someone smashed the front passenger window of the vehicle and removed the victim’s wallet, which was sitting in plain view on the center console. Stolen with the wallet were the victim’s debit cards, gift cards, $70 cash and various forms of identification.
OCT. 7 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to a parking lot near the intersection of Royal Palm Beach and Southern boulevards last Tuesday afternoon regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 4:45 and 5:30 p.m., someone smashed the rear passenger window of the victim’s car and removed her purse and its contents, which was on the rear floor of the vehicle. According to the report, DNA evidence and fingerprints were retrieved, and video surveillance of the area might be available.
OCT. 8 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Walgreens store on Southern Blvd. last Wednesday regarding a suspicious incident that resulted in two employees being fired. According to a PBSO report, between 1:48 and 2:35 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30, two men entered the store and purchased 25 gift cards, each for $454.95. According to the report, the gift cards were purchased individually with numerous credit cards, for a grand total of $11,373.75. According to the report, when the district manager asked the employees on duty, she discovered that after completing the transactions, one of the men handed the cashier a gift card. The deputy was provided with the cashier’s statement and store surveillance. It was unknown at the time of the report whether or not the credit cards used to purchase the gift cards were stolen.
OCT. 8 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Royal Palm Beach substation was called to the Target Superstore on Okeechobee Blvd. last Wednesday afternoon regarding a case of shoplifting. According to a PBSO report, at 10:28 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 6, video surveillance captured an unknown black female remove a Samsung Galaxy Brightspot phone, valued at $349.99, from the display, place it into her purse and exit the store. The crime was not discovered until the video was reviewed by loss prevention officers two days later.
OCT. 8 — A Royal Palm Beach resident contacted the PBSO last Wednesday afternoon regarding a theft. According to a PBSO report, when the victim was picking up her dog from her veterinarian, she had her wallet upon leaving the office. Sometime between gathering her dog and getting into her vehicle, her wallet was removed from her pocket. According to the report, someone later used her credit cards at the Walmart store in Greenacres and at a Cumberland Farms store, racking up $609 in fraudulent charges. The credit cards have since been cancelled.
OCT. 8 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called last Wednesday afternoon regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, an Acreage resident called to file a possible identity theft report. According to the report, the victim, who has been at her place of employment for the last seven years, was told by a human resources representative at her workplace that they had received a notice that she was filing for unemployment. The victim alerted the proper authorities that the attempt was fraudulent. According to the report, the unemployment request was probably sent digitally, and the victim explained that a few years ago, an unknown individual had filed a fraudulent tax return with her information.
OCT. 9 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called last Thursday regarding a case of fraud. According to a PBSO report, the victim made two purchases using her Palm Beach County Credit Union Visa debit card at a gas station. Later, another card on the victim’s account was denied, and when the victim called to find out why, she was told that someone tried to make a $500 purchase in Alabama using her card number. According to the report, the deputy investigated the issue and discovered that there had been approximately a dozen recent reports regarding fraud cases with Palm Beach County Credit Union accounts. The victim was informed of this trend and advised to check her credit history and put fraud alerts on her accounts.
OCT. 10 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to a home on Spinnaker Lane last Friday regarding lost property. According to a PBSO report, sometime between April 30 and Oct. 7, a Village of Wellington green wheeled garbage can was removed from the property. According to the report, the property manager called to report the garbage can as missing.
OCT. 10 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to Palms West Hospital on Southern Blvd. last Friday morning regarding a vehicle burglary. According to a PBSO report, the victim’s vehicle was parked in the front lot, possibly unlocked, between 10 p.m. last Thursday and 7:20 a.m. Friday. According to the report, the victim noticed that the vehicle was missing her Victoria Secret cosmetics bag containing makeup, Gucci sunglasses, a silver locket, valued at approximately $410, and a folder containing bank account information. No latent prints were found at the scene.
OCT. 10 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to a home on 80th Lane North in The Acreage last Friday regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between noon last Thursday and noon the following day, a fence at the victim’s property was damaged. According to the report, the fence and post damage, valued at approximately $500, had vehicle tire tracks leading up to it and was consistent with having been hit by a vehicle.
OCT. 10 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Wellington substation was called to Village Park on Pierson Road last Friday afternoon regarding a case of vandalism. According to a PBSO report, sometime between Sept. 4 at 2 p.m. and Oct. 10 at 3:45 p.m., someone used a cutting tool on a black chain link fence near one of the ball fields, causing approximately $500 in damage. According to the report, video surveillance showed a suspect coming from the Grand Isles community and fleeing into the park.
OCT. 11 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called to home on 82nd Road North in The Acreage last Saturday morning regarding a residential burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 9 p.m. last Friday and 3:15 a.m. on Saturday morning, someone removed a TroyBilt portable generator and a Coleman portable cooler, valued at approximately $1,350, from the victim’s home. According to the report, the victim noticed something was amiss when her indoor cat, who usually is in the garage, was on her back patio. When she looked, she discovered that the garage door was open and the generator’s storage box was there, but empty.
OCT. 13 — A deputy from the PBSO’s Acreage/Loxahatchee substation was called Monday morning to a business on Persimmon Blvd. in The Acreage regarding a burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 10 p.m. last Friday and 5 a.m. Monday, someone removed three trucks with trailers containing eight lawn mowers, 10 weed whackers, three chainsaws, five ladders, three edgers and four blowers. According to the report, the suspects entered through a large wooden gate after cutting a padlocked chain. Most of the equipment was recovered nearby. However, a 2002 Ford F250 and a 2013 Triple Crown trailer were not recovered by the time of the report.
