Crime Stoppers seeks clues in several recent break-ins
Polk County Enterprise, August 2007

LIVINGSTON — Investigators are seeking information about criminal mischief reported at Anniversary Park Saturday or Sunday. Parks department workers reported three lighting fixtures recently placed on the bridge at the park were broken off the base and damaged, Livingston Police Department reports show. Damage is estimated at $1,200.
Wheels stolen
LPD officers were approached at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday and informed that the gates at Bounds Autoplex on the U.S. 59 Bypass had been opened.
Officers found several Suburbans and Tahoes without tires and rims. The vehicles had been placed on tan-colored landscape stones after burglars removed the tires and rims, reports show.
All four tires were removed from four vehicles and officers found landscape stones near several other Tahoes that had lug nuts removed when the suspects were possibly scared away from the dealership.
Gaming systems taken
Residents in the 3700 block of Highway 190 East reported a Honda 70 motorcycle and a Wii video game system had been taken from their home on Aug. 13.
Other missing items include PlayStation and Nintendo accessories and games and a pair of Nike athletic shoes.
Anyone with information on this burglary is asked to call Det. Stan Galloway at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at (936) 327-6810.
PCSO is also investigating a break-in off FM 942 in Leggett.
A business owner reported  three Stihl chainsaws and a Stihl gas trimmer missing.
Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a silver Dodge pickup truck in connection with a burglary at a house under construction on FM 1988 just south of Mt. Rose at 6:15 a.m. Aug. 11.
Det. Stan Galloway said the burglars stripped all the copper wiring out of the house. Contractors had just finished installing drywall and painting before the break-in occurred.
Anyone with information about these or any other felony crimes is asked to call the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at (936) 327-6810, Livingston Police Department at (936) 327-3117 or Crime Stoppers at (936) 327-STOP. All calls are kept confidential.
Rewards are paid for tips that lead to the arrest and grand jury indictment of the person or persons involved.