HomeMy Public PortalAboutPRR 20-2817
TOWN OF GULF STREAM
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
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October 23, 2020
Chris [mail to: a121070@progressive.com]
Re: GS #2817 (Police Report)
Would like a copy of police report #20-1993.
Dear Chris [mail to: a121070@progressive.com]:
The Town of Gulf Stream has received your public records request October 20, 2020. You should
be able to view your original request and response at the following link:
https://portal.laserfiche.com/Portal/DocView.aspx?id=173489&repo=r-430100cc
We consider this request closed.
Sincerely,
Reneé Basel
As requested by Rita Taylor
Town Clerk, Custodian of the Records
9 ;klSTcR Gulf Stream Police Department
® 246 Sea Road
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Gulf Stream, FL 33483
Phone: (561) 278-8611 Fax: (561) 276-2528
Page 1 of 3
OFFENSE REPORT
Incident Type: THEFT (GRAND) MOTOR VEHICLE
Location of Incident:
Type of Premises:
Time of Call:
Time of Arrival:
Time Completed:
Officer Injured:
Date/Time Reported:
Occurred From:
Domestic:
Juvenile Involved:
Reporting Officer:
Supervisor:
Name:
Race:
Date of Birth:
Occupation:
Home Address:
Business Name:
Name:
Race:
Occupation:
Home Address:
Property Code:
Description:
Held As Evidence:
Owner's Name:
Brand:
Serial Number:
Property Code:
Description:
3500 POLO DR.
GULF STREAM FL 33483
RESIDENCE -SINGLE FAMILY
1355
1358
1508
NO
10/19/2020 13:54
10/19/2020 13:00
NO
NO
OFC. RAMON BATISTA
CAPT. JOHN HASELEY
TIMOTHY JAY HAFTEL
WHITE
05/30/1962
Zone: 2
Complaint Number: 20-1993
Processed By: OFC. BATISTA
Other Units Notified: OFC. SUTTON
Officer Killed/Assaulted: NO
To: 10/19/2020 13:35
VICTIM
Sex: MALE
REAL ESTATE AGENT Employed: YES
10103 LEXINGTON CHt. N.
BOYNTON BEACH FL 33436 Cell Phone: (917) 923-1571
Business Phone: (561) 278-5570
DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE
MAGGIE VAN MUNCHING
WHITE
TEACHER
3500 POLO DR
GULF STREAM FL 33483
MISCELLANEOUS
SET OF GOLF CLUBS IN BAG
NO
TIMOTHY HAFTEL
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
MISCELLANEOUS
TENNIS RACQUETS
REPORTED BY
Sex: FEMALE
Cell Phone: (212) 729-3913
PROPERTY
Property Status: STOLEN
Value:
PROPERTY
Property Status:
$500.00
STOLEN
Yage L of 3
Held As Evidence:
NO
Owner's Name:
TIMOTHY HAFTEL
Brand:
WILSON & UNKNOWN
Serial Number:
UNKNOWN
Quantity:
2
Value:
$500.00
PROPERTY
Property Code:
MISCELLANEOUS
Property Status:
STOLEN
Description:
SET OF CROQUET BALLS
Held As Evidence:
NO
Owner's Name:
TIMOTHY HAFTEL
Brand:
UNKNOWN
Serial Number:
UNKNOWN
Quantity:
1
Value:
$400.00
PROPERTY
Property Code:
CLOTHING/FURS
Property Status:
STOLEN
Description:
MISCELLANEOUS MEN'S CLOTHING
Owner's Name:
TIMOTHY HAFTEL
Brand:
UNKNOWN
Serial Number:
N/A
Value:
$300.00
Code: STOLEN
Vehicle Make:
MERCEDS-BENZ
Vehicle Type:
CAR
Vehicle Color:
BLUE/BLUE
License Year:
2021
Ignition Locked:
UNK
Vehicle Value:
$32000.00
Vehicle Towed: NO
Entered NCIC: YES
C omplaint Number: 20- l yy-1
VEHICLE
Owner's Name: TIMOTHY JAY HAFTEL
Vehicle Model: E300 Vehicle Year:2017
Vehicle VIN: WDDZF4JB3HA187503
Vehicle License #: 309QZM
Doors Locked: NO
Insurance Company: PROGRESSIVE
INCIDENT SUMMARY
License State: FL
Keys In Vehcile: YES
Vehicle Insured: YES
ON 10/19/20 AT 1355 HOURS WE RESPONDED TO 3500 POLO DR. REFERENCE A REPORT FROM THE RESIDENT,
MAGGIE VAN MUNCHING, OF A BLUE MERCEDES-BENZ SEDAN HAVING BEEN STOLEN FROM THE DRIVEWAY
WITHIN THE LAST HOUR.
UPON ARRIVAL AT 1358 HOURS WE MET WITH VAN MUNCHING WHO TOLD US THE FOLLOWING. THE
VEHICLE, WHICH IS THE 2017 MERCEDES-BENZ DESCRIBED IN THE VEHICLE SECTION ABOVE, IS OWNED BY A
FAMILY FRIEND, IDENTIFIED AS THE VICTIM TIMOTHY JAY HAFTEL, WHO HAD LEFT THE VEHICLE PARKED
IN THE SOUTH SIDE DRIVEWAY OF ABOVE RESIDENCE AT 1300 HOURS WHILE HE AND ANOTHER RESIDENT AT
THIS RESIDENCE WENT OUT SHOPPING. HAFTEL HAD LEFT THE VEHICLE PARKED THERE WITH THE KEYS IN
IT IN CASE ANY OF THE OTHER RESIDENTS OF THIS RESIDENCE NEEDED TO USE THE VEHICLE TO GO
SOMEWHERE. VAN MUNCHING WAS GOING TO USE THE VEHICLE ON 10/19/20 1300 HOURS MOMENTS AFTER
HAFTEL HAD LEFT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE MERCEDES-BENZ WAS NOT PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. VAN
MUNCHING TELEPHONED HAFTEL AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE APPARENTLY HAD BEEN STOLEN.
HAFTEL WAS RETURNING BACK TO 3500 POLO DR AND VAN MUNCHING CALLED THE POLICE TO REPORT THE
VEHICLE STOLEN.
HAFTEL ARRIVED BACK AT THE RESIDENCE AT APPROXIMATELY 1415 HOURS AND CONFIRMED THAT THE
VEHICLE HAD BEEN STOLEN. THERE WAS NO BROKEN GLASS OR ANY OTHER CRIME SCENE IN THE
DRIVEWAY WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THERE ARE SECURITY CAMERAS AT THIS RESIDENCE
HOWEVER, AS OF THIS TIME IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE NOT IN WORKING ORDER. VAN MUNCHING
WILL CHECK THAT OUT AND CONTACT GULF STREAM POLICE IF IT IS FOUND THAT THE CAMERAS WERE
WORKING AND CONTAIN SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE THEFT.
HAFTEL REPORTED THAT THE PROPERTY LISTED IN THE PROPERTY SECTION WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE
AT THE TIME OF THE THEFT. NO OTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME REFERENCE THE
PROPERTY. HAFTEL WILL REPORT ANY OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT THE PROPERTY AT A
LATER TIME. THE VEHICLE IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH GPS TRACKING CAPABILITY. THERE IS AN EZ PASS AND
SUNPASS TOLL PAYMENT TRANSPONDERS IN THE VEHICLE.
OFC. SUTTON ISSUED A BE ON THE LOOKOUT RADIO BROADCAST DETAILING THE VEHICLE DESCRIPTION,
ETC. VIA THE DELRAY BEACH POLICE RADIO SYSTEM. THE POLICE DISPATCHER ADVISED THAT THE STOLEN
VEHICLE'S LICENSE PLATE WAS READ BY THE DELRAY BEACH POLICE LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERA
Fage S of 3 C:omplamt Number: 2U-199 i
LOCATED AT PELICAN LN/N. OCEAN BLVD, ON 10-19-20 AT 1335 HOURS. AT THAT TIME THE STOLEN VEHICLE
WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND AND IT CONTAINED UNKNOWN SUSPECT(S). SEE OFC. SUTTON'S SUPPLEMENT
REPORT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING POSSIBLE SUSPECTS AND THEIR VEHICLE.
HAFTEL SIGNED THE VEHICLE THEFT AFFIDAVIT INDICATING THAT HE WOULD PRESS CHARGES IF AN
ARREST WAS MADE. THE AFFIDAVIT AND THIS REPORT WERE SENT TO THE DELRAY BEACH POLICE
DEPARTMENT TELETYPE DIVISION WHO WILL BE ENTERING THE VEHICLE AS STOLEN INTO THE NCIC/FCIC
STOLEN VEHICLE FILES.
ON 10-19-20 AT 1717 HOURS HAFTEL CONTACTED ME AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH
GPS TRACKING VIA MERCEDES-BENZ GPS VEHICLE TRACKING. MERCEDES-BENZ GPS TRACKING WILL
CONTACT POLICE SHOULD THEY RECEIVE AN ALERT REFERENCE THE STOLEN VEHICLE'S LOCATION. ON
10-19-20 AT 1717 HOURS THE DELRAY BEACH POLICE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION SENT ME A MOBILE
DIGITAL TERMINAL MESSAGE ADVISING THAT MERCEDES-BENZ HAD TRACKED THE STOLEN VEHICLE TO
THE AREA OF 2783 S.W. 2 S.T., FORT LAUDEDALE. MERCEDES-BENZ WAS CALLING FORT LAUDERDALE POLICE
DEPT. SO THEY COULD SEND UNITS TO THAT AREA AND CHECK FOR THE VEHICLE. I NOTIFIED HAFTEL OF
THIS VIA LEAVING A VOICE MAIL MESSAGE ON HIS CELLPHONE. END OF REPORT.
c Qom► Gulf Stream Police Department
® 246 Sea Road
FLA. Gulf Stream, FL 33483
Phone: (561) 278-8611 Fax: (561) 276-2528
Page I of I Complaint Number: 20-1993
SUPPLEMENTAL OFFENSE REPORT
Incident/Reclassification: THEFT (GRAND) MOTOR VEHICLE
Report Status: INACTIVE Report Date/Time: 10/20/2020 16:47
Reporting Officer: OFC. RAMON BATISTA
Zone: 2 Division: PATROL
Bureau: PATROL
INCIDENT SUMMARY
ON 10/20/20 AT 1647 HOURS I SPOKE TO THE VICTIM, TIMOTHY JAY HAFTEL, VIA TELEPHONE AND HE
ADVISED THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE THE RECOVERY OF HIS STOLEN VEHICLE. ON 10/20/20 AT
APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS HE WENT TO WESTWAY TOWING, 8681 W. OAKLAND PARK BLVD., FORT
LAUDERDALE, TO PICK UP HIS VEHICLE. THE DELRAY BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIME SCENE UNIT
WAS SUPPOSED TO PROCESS THE VEHICLE FOR EVIDENCE AS DOCUMENTED IN OFC. FELTER'S
SUPPLEMENT REPORT DATED 10/20/20. HAFTEL SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN
CONTACTED BY AMY OF THE D.B.P.D. CRIME SCENE UNIT AND ADVISED TO GO PICK UP THE VEHICLE AND
THEN, WHILE BEING CAREFUL NOT TO CONTAMINATE ANY POTENTIAL CRIME SCENE INSIDE THE
VEHICLE, HE WAS TO DRIVE DIRECTLY TO THE D.B.P.D. AT WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD BE
PROCESSED FOR LATENT FINGERPRINTS AND/OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE.
HAFTEL SAID THAT UPON PICKING UP THE VEHICLE AT WESTWAY TOWING HE REALIZED THAT ANY
CRIME SCENE IN THE VEHICLE HAD ALREADY BEEN PROCESSED AS HE SAW THE FINGERPRINT POWDER
THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. HAFTEL SAID THAT ALL OF THE PROPERTY THAT HE REPORTED BEING
INSIDE THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE THEFT WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE VEHICLE
WAS ALSO IN GOOD CONDITION. THE ONLY PROPERTY MISSING FROM THE VEHICLE WAS THE
MERCEDES-BENZ KEY FOB WHICH IS VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $350.00.
HAFTEL SAID THAT HE CONTACTED THE D.B.P.D. CRIME SCENE UNIT AND WAS ADVISED THAT THEY
HAD NOT PROCESSED THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY WILL FIND OUT WHO DID. ALTHOUGH IT COULD NOT BE
CONFIRMED AT THIS TIME, IT APPEARS THAT THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE BEEN PROCESSED BY THE FORT
LAUDERDALE POLICE DEPT. AT THE TIME THAT THEY RECOVERED THE VEHICLE. I WILL CONTACT
F.L.P.D. AND FIND OUT IF THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED AND IF THERE WAS ANY EVIDENCE COLLECTED AT
THAT TIME. SUPPLEMENT TO FOLLOW.