Burglaries in Century Village

 

Burglaries

 Thanks to Ed G for this heads up

 

Congratulations to the PB Police for stopping these predators.

 

So what is happening with the South Hampton Fence
 

Century Village residents still uneasy following arrest 

Century Village intent on stopping rash of burglaries

Century Village residents shaken by recent burglaries

By Jorge Milian
 

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

WEST PALM BEACH
 

An arrest has been made in connection with the wave of break-ins at the Century Village complex in July. But that hasn’t allowed Frank Veglia to feel any better about his safety.

Veglia, owner of one of the eight apartments burglarized in the Southampton building of the retirement community, was victimized twice. While Veglia was in Boston, thieves broke into his residence on July 13. They returned a couple of days later to take what they hadn’t grabbed before.

Inside a stolen safe were Veglia’s personal papers, including his birth certificate, passport and credit cards.

Someone used Veglia’s credit card at a gas station, then called American Express and asked for a new card be sent to an address on the 1900 block of West 16th Court in Riviera Beach.

The address belongs to Gernardra L. Stephens, who was arrested Wednesday by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Stephens, 24, faces two counts of grand theft and single counts of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, dealing in stolen property, fraud for falsifying owner information of pawned property and operating a motor vehicle without a license.
PBSO has connected Stephens to only two of the burglaries at Century Village. That’s left Veglia, 61, a little uneasy.

“I sleep with one eye open at a time and I always leave a light on,” Veglia said. “When they catch them all, then I’ll sleep better.”

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