Man distracts clerk, steals $210 from hotel money drawer

A man's car was broken into in the 4100 block of Union Square Boulevard. The man's wallet, which was left in the center console, was taken. The man told police he could not remember if he had locked his car . After examining the vehicle, police could not determine a point of entry or any visible damage. Because the car was in such poor condition the officer did not process the vehicle for evidence.

DRUGS

A man and woman were found sleeping in a vehicle in the 1500 block of 15th Court. When the officer arrived he discovered the car running and the two occupants still asleep. Upon knocking on the window and rousing the pair, the woman, who was the driver, seemed confused as to why the officer was present. She said she was there to meet her surfing instructor. After requesting the pair step out of the vehicle the officer noticed two pills on the driver's seat. Also found were a bag containing a glass pipe with marijuana residue, rolling papers, six pieces of aluminum foil, 31 small zippered plastic bags and four razor blades. The woman also had more than $1,500 in cash on her. The woman was charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.

Jupiter Police

THEFT

A man stole $210 from a hotel in the 6700 block of Indiantown. The man walked into the hotel's lobby and asked the cashier for some towels. The woman, thinking the man was a guest, walked away to get the towels. While she was gone, the man went behind the counter and removed $210 from the unlocked cash drawer.

An airless paint sprayer and equipment worth $3,300 were stolen from a church in the 400 block of Center Street. The equipment was taken from a storage room .

A woman entered a store in the 75 block of East Indiantown Road and stole two pairs of men's Nike tennis shoes. The woman walked in, grabbed the shoes and ran out of the store. She jumped into a waiting vehicle, which sped off. The shoes were valued at $400.

VEHICLE BURGLARY

A GPS and $25 in cash were stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the 100 block of Ocean Cove Drive. The GPS was valued at $495.

The owner of a truck in the 700 block of South U.S. 1 said someone stole two stocked toolboxes from the bed of his truck overnight. The man estimated the total value at $450.

BATTERY

Police arrested a woman for simple battery after she dumped a pot of water on and threw a plate at her roommate. The woman had taken her roommate's blanket and he was trying to retrieve it when she became agitated . When police arrived the woman would not obey the officer's commands and kept interrupting officers as they tried to interview the roommate.

North Palm Beach Police

TRESPASSING

A property manager called police after finding a man on his property in the 300 block of Golfview Road. The police told the man, who said he was a private investigator, to leave and warned him against trespassing.

THEFT

Several potted plants and a door decoration were stolen from a residence in the 100 block of Paradise Harbour Boulevard. Though the homeowners called police, they declined to file a report once officers arrived.

ANIMAL PROBLEM

Four chocolate Labs chased a woman and her two small dogs home in the 700 block of Hummingbird Way. The woman said this has been an ongoing problem. She didn't know if the animals were still loose, but asked police to contact the dogs' owner. The police advised the owner against letting his dogs roam the neighborhood.

Sheriff's Office

VEHICLE BURGLARY

A thief smashed a window of a vehicle parked in 11511 block of Ellison Wilson Road in North Palm Beach, and grabbed a beach bag that was on the back seat. Among items in the bag were an iPod Touch and a college textbook.

A woman left her vehicle for service at a business in the 3700 block of Northlake Boulevard in Lake Park. Her laptop computer was in the trunk. After she picked up the vehicle and drove home, she realized the $600 computer was gone.

HOME BURGLARY

A Briggs & Stratton portable generator was taken from the garage of a home in the 1600 block of Boxwood Road in North Palm Beach. The homeowner said she left the key in the lock of the door.

A resident in the 4700 block of Square Lake Drive in Palm Beach Gardens left keys in a rear door to his home. A burglar used the keys to unlock the door, and steal a DVD player, a Direct TV DVR and a laptop computer.

BUSINESS BURGLARY

Someone removed screws from a door hinge at a storage facility in the 3600 block of West Blue Heron Boulevard in Riviera Beach. The intruder took a turkey rotisserie oven, computer and antique wood table.

An attempt was made to break into a business in the 15100 block of Park of Commerce Boulevard in Jupiter between 5 and 11 p.m. An employee came to work and found his truck parked in front of the building. The vehicle's ignition damaged. A hole was cut in one of the bay doors of the business. It appeared someone started the truck and moved it to the front of the building to cover the burglary attempt.