Max Michael Rosenberg

A West Palm Beach man is accused of threatening to kill his parents then kill himself because his father didn’t buy him “organic food” on Saturday, the West Palm Beach Police Department reports.

Max Michael Rosenberg, 28, was arguing with his father Saturday afternoon after he asked his father if he brought home organic food, and his father responded that he wouldn’t buy him food anymore, the police report states. The pair began pushing and shoving each other while arguing, according to police.

During the argument, Rosenberg told his parents he wished he was dead, the victims told police.

Rosenberg retreated to his room and took a nap while the mother called the police to report the incident. When his father told Rosenberg that they called the police, Rosenberg returned to the living room with a handgun, his father told police.

“If the police come, I’m going to kill everyone including myself,” he threatened, according to the report.

When police arrived, Rosenberg was in his car trying to drive away, but was stopped by officers.

Rosenberg is charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and remains in Palm Beach County Jail without bond.

A Boca Raton woman was arrested after she and a man allegedly swiped a wallet and a gun out of a car in Delray Beach.

Juliana Fiorio, 22, faces charges of burglary and larceny in connection to the January incident.

The car owner said he was awoken that morning to “odd sounds” outside when he saw Fiorio and an unidentified man rummaging through the car.

He determined that he was missing the gun and the wallet that contained $280.

Fiorio was released from Palm Beach County Jail on $6,000 bond.

Fiorio

Three men and a 17-year-old were arrested after a neighbor in Boca Del Mar noticed men going around a complex parking lot and breaking into cars, including a Palm Beach County Sheriff deputy’s truck, according to a report.

Jerri Duncanson, 39, Derrick Livingston, 21, Qumayne Jones, 18, and an unidentified minor face charges of vehicle burglary.  All three men remain in the Palm Beach County jail on various bail amounts.

On Saturday, Duncanson said he waited for his wife to fall asleep near Pompano Beach, then he took his stepson, Livingston, and his friends to McDonald’s for some food, according to the report. After, the group drove to the Boca Walk development, just north of West Palmetto Park Road and east of Powerline Road and began pulling on car doors to see if they were unlocked, according to the report. Duncanson told investigators he went into about 13 unlocked cars getting whatever he could get.

Items ranged from golf bags and wallets to laptops and vacuums, according to PBSO. Duncanson said he took a tablet from the PBSO truck, according to the report. Livingston told investigators he took a scooter that was up against a mailbox.

Two of the men involved said they were asleep in the Explorer they were picked up in, so it is unclear from the report who was helping Duncanson go through the cars.

In 2013, Duncanson was arrested in Broward County on robbery charges. In 2012, Livingston was arrested in Broward on burglary charges, prowling and aggravated battery. Jones does not appear to have any arrests.

Derrick Livingston

Jerri Duncanson

Qumayne Jones

As a suburban West Palm Beach man enjoyed a sporting event in April with his girlfriend, his ex entered his home and stole several items, according to an arrest report.

Briana McDowell, 23, is accused of entering her ex-boyfriend’s home while he was out on April 3, taking three pieces of jewelry and a laptop.

Security cameras caught McDowell taking the items, the report said. The man told deputies that she must still have a key.

McDowell faces charges of burglary and larceny. She was released from Palm Beach County jail on $5,000 bail.

McDowell

A road rage incident escalated quickly when a suburban West Palm Beach man went from honking and yelling to following a car into a parking lot and bashing in the car’s windshield with a crowbar in a matter of minutes, according to an arrest report.

A 36-year-old woman had her mother in the passenger seat and children in the backseat as she attempted to leave a McDonald’s parking lot on Military Trail on July 6.

The woman said she couldn’t turn right because of the heavy traffic, but the man in the car behind her — later identified as 54-year-old Anthony Ritz — began honking, swearing and telling her to move, the report said.

She then took a right onto Military Trail and almost immediately took another right into a plaza where her mother wanted to do some shopping.

As soon as she parked, she saw Ritz running toward her car, holding the crowbar, she told deputies

Ritz began hitting the passenger side of the windshield with the crowbar, causing glass shards to hit and cut the mother, the report said. Deputies found blood in the car from the cuts.

Neither of the children were injured.

Ritz then got back into his car and drove away.

Deputies ran the license plate and drove to the suburban West Palm Beach address listed, where they found his ex-girlfriend.

She told police that she had kicked Ritz out three days prior because of his “aggressive behavior,” the report said.

Ritz faces two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and two counts of culpable negligence. He remains in Palm Beach County Jail in lieu of $55,000 bail.

Ritz

Debi Laessig

A Palm Beach Gardens woman was arrested Wednesday after she allegedly caused a crash and left the scene while intoxicated, according to an arrest report.

While she was being read her Miranda rights, the woman told a Palm Beach Gardens police officer that “she may be a little drunk but she didn’t kill anyone,” the report said.

Debi Laessig, 59, faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash with damage to property and DUI, She was released from the Palm Beach County Jail on her own recognizance.

Witnesses told police they were stopped at a traffic light on Lighthouse Drive and Alternate AIA when Laessig made a right turn and crashed into their vehicle. The witnesses tried to get Laessig to stop, but she refused, the report said.

The witnesses followed Laessig to a gas station on North Military Trail. When Laessig got out of her vehicle, the witnesses detained her until police arrived.

Laessig was unable to perform the roadside tasks requested by police, the report said. Laessig refused to submit to a breath test, police said.

Update: A 22-year-old man was hit and taken to the hospital after being shot at in front of a house on Southeast 2nd street, according to police.

Police are not releasing the man’s name. He remains at Delray Medical Center in serious condition.

The shooter is believed to have left the fled the area in a black Chevy Impala or Malibu with dark tinted windows, according to police.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 561-732-8116 or Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County at 800-458-TIPS (8477.) Tips can also be submitted via http://www.bbpd.org or our MyPD app. You can remain anonymous.

Original Story: One person is in serious condition after a shooting just before 2 p.m. in Boynton Beach, according to city police.

The unidentified individual was taken to Delray Medical Center after being shot near Southeast 25th Avenue and Southeast 2nd Street, west of U.S. 1 and south of east Woolbright Road.

Check back for more on this breaking news story.

A former Palm Beach County School District employee was arrested after he threatened to kill a Riviera Beach middle school principal Tuesday, according to an arrest report.

Jashon Johnson, 37, used his vehicle to try to run the man off the road as the John F. Kennedy Middle School principal tried to turn onto West Blue Heron Boulevard, the report said.  He had to swerve onto the sidewalk to avoid being hit.

Johnson then yelled, “You think I forgot? I’m going to kill you, (expletive).”

The principal drove into the school parking lot to get away from Johnson, who didn’t follow, the report said.

Johnson faces charges of assault on an education employee and simple assault on an education employee.

He remained in Palm Beach County Jail without possibility of bond Wednesday.

Johnson

Royal

A home health care worker from suburban West Palm Beach is facing criminal charges after she allegedly stole and pawned more than $28,000 worth of jewelry from an elderly patient.

Barbara Royal, 32, was arrested Tuesday on charges of exploitation of an elderly person, dealing in stolen property, grand theft and false verification of ownership. She was released from the Palm Beach County Jail Wednesday on $18,000 bail.

Authorities say Royal worked at the home of an 87-year-old woman from July 9-15. The woman and her daughter later reported that three jewelry items were missing.

A gold wedding band valued at $6,900, a gold bangle bracelet valued at $18,000 and a gold fishtail necklace valued at $3,500 were reported missing, according to a probable-cause arrest affidavit made public Wednesday.

A review of pawn shop transactions showed that Royal pawned a gold ring hours after finishing her first day caring for the patient, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.  She reportedly received $190 for the ring.

The pawn shop manager returned the ring for free and requested that the pawn shop be listed as the victim in the case, the affidavit said.

Royal worked for multiple home health cares in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties and authorities believe there may be other victims.

Anyone who believes they have missing items is asked to call Detective Krystal Gornall at 561-688-4043, or 800-458-TIPS (8477).

Joseph McDonald Riviera Beach man faces up to 20 years in federal prison after being convicted on two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon Thursday, according to the state attorney’s office.

Joseph McDonald, 36, was found guilty following a three-day trial.

Evidence during the trial suggests that McDonald dropped a fully loaded Smith & Wesson 9 mm semi-automatic pistol while fleeing from police on July 28, 2013 in Palm Beach Gardens.

Police also recovered a fully loaded Ingram Mac 10 semi-automatic pistol from McDonald again in December 2013, according to court records.

McDonald served a five-year prison sentence beginning in 2004 for sale of cocaine, shooting at an occupied vehicle and felon possession of a gun, according to records.

McDonald faces up to 20 years in prison and is scheduled for sentencing in September.

Sketch of man suspected in May 27 fatal shooting

Boynton Beach Police released a sketch Thursday of a man suspected of shooting a 27-year-old Boynton man to death in May.

The investigation of 27-year-old Edward Morton’s death on May 27 continues with the release forensic sketch of the man suspected of shooting Morton outside his parents’ Boynton Beach home on the 400 block of Northwest Third Avenue.

Morton answered the door at around 10 p.m. and the suspect, wearing all black clothing, shot him in the face and fled, according to police. Morton was rushed to Delray Medical Center, where he died.

Detectives said in May they have reason to believe the suspect and Morton knew each other and that the shooting was not random.

Court records show Morton had been arrested six times in Palm Beach County since 2008, mostly for either drug possession charges or misdemeanors.

“He had no enemies,” Ivanna Cox, friend of Morton, said in May. “For somebody just to come into his house and shoot him like this, it’s shocking. I’m torn up. It’s very hard to make sense of it.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective William Muhleisen at 742-6138 or Detective Midian Diaz at 742-6113 or Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County at 800-458-TIPS.

Port St. Lucie police are searching for a man wanted for strong-arm robbery after he walked into a store, struck an employee then stole her cellphone.

An investigation determined that the man was exiting the store when he began yelling and throwing clothes at the store manager of the Old Navy store at 10880 S.W. Village Parkway.

A second employee exchanged words with the man, who turned around and walked back into the store, police said. After the man was told police were being called, he allegedly grabbed the store manager’s phone and threw it to the ground while pushing the woman in the face.

When the man noticed a credit card attached to the case of the phone, he picked up the phone and credit card and left the store, police said.

Because the man used force, he is facing a charge of strong-arm robbery.

The man is described as a black male in his mid to late 20’s, around 5-foot-11, weighing approximately 190 pounds, wearing a black baseball cap, dark gray “Hollister” t-shirt and khaki pants.

Anyone who knows the man or has information regarding the robbery is asked to call the Port St. Lucie Police Department at (772) 871-5001 or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at 800-273-8477.

A Port St. Lucie woman who caused a gas leak May 10 after she crashed her vehicle into a main line on Mother’s Day was legally drunk and has been arrested, according to police.

Terry Ann Brewer had a blood alcohol content twice the legal limit when she drove her 2005 Dodge Caravan over a fence and crashed into Florida City Gas Transmission’s main gas line at S.W. Mercado Road near S.W. Bayshore Boulevard, police said.

The gas leak caused an evacuation of residents with a 1-mile radius and left around 6,000 residents and many businesses in Port St. Lucie without gas service.

Police said that Brewer’s blood alcohol level was .160.

Brewer turned herself in to police on Saturday and was released from the St. Lucie County Jail after posting a $1,000 bond.

Terry Ann Brewer

Update: PBSO arrested 30-year-old Jonathan Boston who they say robbed two TD Banks in the span of three days.

On Monday morning, deputies say they caught Boston soon after he slipped a note to a teller and ran from a TD Bank on the corner of South Military Trail and Summit Boulevard with the stolen cash.

Investigators believe he is the same man who robbed another TD Bank on the 4600 block of Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach Saturday.

Original story: An unidentified individual walked into a bank near West Palm Beach on Monday morning, demanded cash and ran off, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.

Around 11:45 a.m., the individual walked into the TD Bank on the corner of South Military Trail and Summit Boulevard, handed the teller a note demanding cash and left, PBSO said.

One person has been detained, but it is unclear if they are the alleged robber.

Deputies have set up a perimeter at this time.

Check back for more details.

A Riviera Beach woman is facing three counts of child neglect after authorities said she allowed her children to live in filth.

Genoveva Myers is being held in the Palm Beach County Jail in lieu of $4,000 bail.

Riviera Beach went to Myers’ home after being alerted by an anonymous person about the living conditions at the home on 600 West Blue Heron Boulevard.

Officers found the residence “covered with dirt, bugs and garbage,” according to an arrest report. Officers said rotten food covered the counter tops in the house and inflatable mattresses in the bedrooms were also covered in dirt and bugs.

Genoveva Myers

The refrigerator and freezer “were covered in roaches and various other bugs,” the report said. Officers found no running water in the residence.

Myers told police that she planned to move soon and that she knew the residence was in poor condition.

The arrest report noted that Riviera Beach police and investigators from the Department of Children and Families have been at the residence previously and “the condition of the home has been the same for several years.”

One of the children in the home is 14, according to the arrest report. The ages of the other two children are not listed. The children were turned over to DCF.

A Lake Worth man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly attempted to hit another man with a bottle during a road rage incident in Riviera Beach, according to an arrest report.

Juan C. Hernandez is facing charges of aggravated assault and battery. Hernandez, 35, is being held in the Palm Beach County Jail in lieu of $4,000 bail.

The victim, a Lake Park resident, told Riviera Beach police that he had exited Interstate 95 at W. Blue Heron Boulevard and was signaling his intention to move into the left lane when Hernandez “aggressively drove up” and kept him from changing lanes.

Hernandez allegedly followed by stepping on his brakes after the victim had merged in behind him, the report said.

While the men were driving eastbound on W. Blue Heron Boulevard, Hernandez allegedly swerved into the path of the victim’s vehicle and stopped.

Both men got out of their vehicles with Hernandez allegedly holding a bottle in his hand, the report said. A witness told police that he saw Hernandez throw the bottle at the victim, but was uncertain if the bottle struck the man.

The men wrestled on the ground until police arrived. The victim said he hit his head on Hernandez’s car and injured his wrist, the report said.

West Palm Beach police arrested a 32-year-old man had an unrestrained toddler in the front seat and flakka in his pocket, according to a police report.

Officers stopped Joey Canady, 32, after they say he made an illegal U-turn just east of Tamarind Avenue on Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard. Officers estimate Canady was driving around 70 mph in his Pontiac Grand Prix on Saturday night when they stopped him.

Joey Canady

After Canady was taken out of the vehicle and arrested on a charge of driving on a suspended driver’s license, officers saw a 2-year old sitting in the front seat without a seat belt or a child’s car seat, according to the report.

Canady explained to city police that he was rushing home because he needed to get medicine for a 2-year-old girl in the car, according to police report.

As for the flakka that police say fell out of his pocket, he said he didn’t have any drugs, police said.

Canady remains in the Palm Beach County jail on $10,000 bail on charges of child cruelty and possession of synthetic drugs.

Canady was previously arrested for possession of marijuana and domestic abuse, according to county records.