WEST PALM BEACH POLICE

BUSINESS BURGLARY

The owner of a business in the 2700 block of South Street called police after finding three youngsters had jumped a concrete and barbed wire wall to access the property. Two of the youths fled, but the man was able to detain the third until police arrived. The youngster who was caught said his accomplices were an 8-year-old sibling and a 10-year-old friend. An officer searching the area where the other youths had fled found 20 rounds of ammunition and two fire extinguishers along the railroad tracks. The business owner identified the items as his property, and said they had been inside the shop. He was unable to determine if other items were stolen at that time. Police also observed that the youngsters had defecated in flower pots on the property. The youngster who was caught admitted to the misdeed. The two children who fled were not located. The third youth was taken to his residence and released to his legal guardian. Although the business owner had decided not to prosecute, he later advised police that he had changed his mind and would pursue the matter.

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Police responded to an alarm at a business in the 3300 block of South Dixie Highway at 2:23 a.m. They found a window shattered, but a sheet of plywood behind it thwarted the burglar. The assistant manager arrived at the scene to assess the situation and told police the plywood had been installed after previous burglaries. She said she would notify security to obtain surveillance video.

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A laptop computer was stolen from a conference room at a hotel in the 600 block of Okeechobee Boulevard. The room was locked and accessible only to those attending the conference and hotel security staff. Surveillance video was being reviewed to see whether the incident was captured.

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VEHICLE BURGLARY

Someone smashed a window on a pickup parked in the 1000 block of Green Pine Boulevard. The truck was ransacked, but nothing appeared to be missing.

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HOME BURGLARY

A woman in the 400 block of Executive Center Drive reported the theft of $200 from her purse, which she left on a table in her kitchen when she went to work. She told police she originally had $900 in the purse. The only people with keys to her fifth-floor apartment are a real estate agent and the maintenance crew, she said. There was no sign of forced entry.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

Someone scaled a 6-foot chain-link fence and sprayed black paint on the wall of a business in the 6500 block of South Dixie Highway. Damage was estimated at less than $100.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE, LAKE WORTH

OPEN CONTAINER

A person taking a stroll while drinking a beer decided to stop at a store in the 300 block of North Dixie Highway and lie down in the parking lot. The beer drinker was arrested and taken to the county jail.

THEFT

Two neighbors spent an afternoon drinking together in the 1700 block of 12th Avenue South, when one of the men noticed his shorts were missing. In the shorts were credit cards and $3,200. Although he did not witness his neighbor steal his shorts, he confronted him. The neighbor denied taking the shorts. Later the shorts and credit cards were found in a garbage can outside the victim’s residence.

LANTANA POLICE

THEFT

A man told police that he contacted a woman he met at a treatment center to obtain some crack cocaine. The woman and her friend came to his residence in the 1100 block of South Lake Drive and decided to hang out with him for a while. When the man went to bed around 3 a.m., he realized the gun he kept under his pillow was missing. He called the woman, who denied having it but said she would come back to his residence. She never showed up. The man said his missing 9mm gun had a full magazine.

VEHICLE BURGLARY

Someone smashed a window on a vehicle parked at a motel in the 1200 block of Hypoluxo Road, then stole a wallet left under a seat. Contents included three credit cards, a driver’s license and a key fob. A man’s work and personal vehicles, in the same lot, were broken into, but nothing appeared to be missing. A third victim reported that a window was smashed on his pickup. The only thing taken was spare change. Another vehicle in the lot was ransacked and had a window broken, but nothing was taken.

An iPhone and headphones were taken from an unlocked vehicle in the 1100 block of Pine Tree Drive. A neighbor’s security video showed three people in the area, pulling on car door handles.

A woman in the 1300 block of West Indies Way told police she turned on an outside light around 2 a.m. and possibly scared off a burglar who had rummaged through her vehicle’s glove box.

Two cellphones and some loose change were taken from an unlocked vehicle in the 1200 block of Skylark Lane.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE, ROYAL PALM BEACH

THEFT

A man left his unlocked bike in a park in the 300 block of La Mancha Avenue while he walked the trail. As he finished his hike, he saw a man get on his bike and ride off.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

A woman reported that her son’s ex-girlfriend damaged a vehicle in her driveway. The windshield was smashed, another window was cracked, the front and back bumpers were damaged, and a tire was flattened. The vehicle is registered to another son, who wanted to prosecute. The ex-girlfriend, who was on the scene when a deputy arrived, admitted smashing the windshield but denied responsibility for other damage. She was arrested.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WELLINGTON

DISTURBANCE

A man in the 1100 block of Goldenrod Road told a deputy that his ex-girlfriend came to his residence to try to rekindle their relationship. An argument ensued. He was making a house repair when she reached over and tried to slap him in the face. He stopped her, grabbing both her wrists to prevent her from hitting him. She then slipped on some tools, he said. While on the ground, she began hitting her head on the tile. She soon left the residence. The incident was witnessed by the man’s brother.

HOME BURGLARY

A woman returned to her home on Peconic Court to find the rear slider smashed. Among items missing from the residence was a large tub containing about $900 in coins.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE, LOXAHATCHEE/ACREAGE

THEFT

A decal was removed from the license plate on a vehicle in the 13700 block of Orange Grove Boulevard.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE, GREENACRES

COUNTERFEIT MONEY

A woman paid for fuel with a $100 bill at a gas station in the 6400 block of Forest Hill Boulevard. She received four $20 in change. Later, when she tried to use two of the $20s, she was told they were counterfeit. She returned to the gas station to exchange the bogus bills, but the manager would not accommodate her.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

A woman in the 900 block of Olive Tree Circle found scratches on her vehicle, along with some words written on the door and trunk. Her son suspects the culprit is a classmate who warned him to hide his vehicle.

THEFT

A woman’s wallet was stolen from her purse while she was shopping at a store in the 6200 block of Forest Hill Boulevard. The woman told a deputy that she left her purse unattended in the shopping cart while she shopped in another aisle. She said she left her patient by the cart at that time. Contents of her purse included cash, personal checks made out to the victim, a gold cross and a credit card. Surveillance video showed a woman reaching into the purse and stealing the wallet when the victim was away from the cart.

A woman’s iPhone was stolen after she set it down while shopping at a store in the 6200 block of Forest Hill Boulevard. Her driver’s license was in the phone case.