Tag: Theft Archives

Incident Date: 2018-11-21 at 00:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Portable Yamaha generator, many tools, provisions

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: During the night, police stopped/apprehended a suspect carrying suspicious items in his car. They posted pictures of the items along with a photo of the suspect and his driver’s license on the Luperon Cruisers Facebook page. The items were not immediately recognized so a search was made of unoccupied yachts. A caretaker of a sailboat whose owner was away discovered that the locked yacht had been broken into and ransacked and identified the items as belonging to that boat. Charges were filed by the caretaker on the owners behalf, and the items were returned to the yacht.

Latitude: 19.901762 | Longitude: -70.949311

Incident Date: 2018-11-09 at 01:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Cash

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: While the owner was asleep on board, the thief boarded the unlocked boat and stole $150 US cash. Computers and phones were not taken. Footprints were seen on deck in the morning, no police report was made.

Incident Date: 2018-10-29 at 01:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Cash

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners left their yacht on a mooring for 3 days for inland travel. On their return they found a deck hatch that had been left closed but not locked was open and that the cabin had been ransacked. Only cash (which had been hidden) was taken. A report was made to the police, coast guard, port captain, the Puerto Blanco Marina, the tourist office and on the VHF net.