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Deputies Seeking Golf Ball Vandals

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By TODD LESKANIC

The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 10, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Sheriff's investigators are looking into what they think are related incidents of vandalism in the Lake Padgett Estates neighborhood.

The latest to report damage was Robert Lovering, a Tampa Police Department lieutenant who lives in the neighborhood. Lovering told a Pasco County sheriff's deputy that someone used golf balls to dent the front of his police vehicle while it was parked outside his house Sunday morning.

The deputy found six balls on the ground near Lovering's car. The deputy then interviewed neighbors about the vandalism and found additional golf balls in area yards.

The first report of vandalism was made to sheriff's deputies late Sunday night.

Todd Anthony Thompson of 3942 Lake Joyce Drive told a deputy that something came crashing through his dining room window about 11:20 p.m.

Thompson later found a golf ball inside his house, according to a report. He also told the deputy that about 10 minutes after the incident, he saw someone pull a dark-colored Infinity Q45 into a driveway across the street, turn off its headlights and then drive away.

The vandalism follows the burglary of the nearby Plantation Palms Golf Club pro shop, 23253 Plantation Palms Blvd., off Collier Parkway, late Saturday night or early Sunday.

A club employee estimated the value of the items taken at $10,000. Golf balls were among the items.

Anyone with information may call the sheriff's office tip line at 1-800-706-2488.

Reporter Todd Leskanic can be reached at (727) 815-1084 or tleskanic@tampatrib.com.

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