POLICE BLOTTER
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The following is a sampling of police reports collected from local police departments and the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
Tamarac
7:59 a.m., April 27
7600 block of Westwood Drive
A burglar rummaged through a vehicle and took stereo equipment from the trunk.
8:18 a.m., April 25
6800 block of Northwest 75th Drive
A thief stole a 2009 Hyundai from a home’s driveway.
2 p.m., April 25
5700 block of North University Drive
A thief unzipped a woman’s purse while she was shopping and stole a makeup bag containing papers, credit cards, cash and a string of pearls and later tried to use one of the stolen cards in Sunrise.
7 a.m., April 24 6300 block of Northwest 74th Avenue
A thief stole a Yamaha motorcycle.
6:35 p.m, April 24
5400 block of North State Road 7
A burglar broke a vehicle’s passenger’s side window and stole a purse.
11:20 a.m, April 24
7900 block of Northwest 70th Avenue
A burglar broke the glass in a home’s rear door and stole an Xbox.
Coconut Creek
7:26 p.m., May 12
4600 block of Long Key Lane
A vandal damaged a sink near a community pool.
11:57 a.m., May 12
5000 block of Wiles Road
A thief broke into a vehicle and stole an iPad and a charger.
3:12 p.m., May 12 5500 block of West Hillsboro Boulevard
A woman was arrested for shoplifting $268.92 worth of merchandise.
10:27 a.m., May 12
4400 block of North State Road 7
A man was arrested for shoplifting a power tool.
Lauderhill
12:52 p.m., May 15
8700 block of Northwest 50th Street
Someone smashed a home’s sliding glass door was smashed.
May15
7400 block of Northwest 44th Street
A man was arrested for stealing several street signs from Miami.
6:45 a.m., May 15
4400 block of Northwest 23rd Street
A thief stole a 2010 BMW 328i from a
home’s driveway.
12:15 p.m., May 15
3200 block of Northwest 17th Street
A thief broke into a home, ransacked the place and stole a laptop computer.
North Lauderdale
2 p.m., May 5
8000 block of Southgate Boulevard
A thief stole a vehicle’s license plate and decal.
8:20 p.m., May 6
1400 block of Sussex Drive
A man was arrested for possession of cannabis.
6:30 a.m., May 6
5200 block of Northwest 37th Avenue
A thief stole a 2014 Dodge truck from a home’s driveway.
9:45 a.m., May 2
7800 block of Hampton Boulevard A thief smashed a vehicle’s window, took a purse and a cellphone and used a stolen debit card at a gas station.
6:29 p.m. May 1
1200 block of South State Road 7
A thief stole a bicycle.
Parkland
11 a.m., May 16
8700 block of Watercrest Circle
A thief stole six feet of electrical wiring from a home under construction.
2:05 p.m., May 14
7500 block of Northwest 71st Terrace
A thief stole a skateboard.
8:41 p.m., May 12
6800 block of Northwest 66th Way
A loose pit bull entered a woman’s property and bit her Schnauzer in the head. She was able to pull her dog into her home and in the process of retreating fell and scratched her knee and chin. Her dog received stitches.