A man wearing a black mask over his face and a black tank top walked over to a blue Honda in the driveway of a home in the 5900 block of Fillmore Street in Hollywood about 1:45 a.m. July 29.

Inside the car two men were talking. The robber put a small revolver to the head of the 26-year-old passenger and stole an Apple MacBook laptop, valued at $1,700.

He started to walk away and then had a change of heart.

The robber returned to the driver's side of the car, placed his gun to the head of the 25-year-old driver and took his cellphone and the keys to the car.

The victims told police they last saw the robber when he ran west on Fillmore Street and north through an alley.

HALLANDALE BEACH

Burglary team: About 2 p.m. July 13, a 56-year-old woman driving a Honda Accord in the 700 block of Northwest Seventh Avenue was approached on the driver's side by a man wearing a cap. He asked her if she needed something. She said she was there to pick up a friend. While she spoke to him, a second man appeared at the open passenger window and stole ``personal items'' from the seat. She told police she was too shocked to remember what the items were.

Honda heisted: A man parked his white 1995 Honda Accord outside his apartment in the 100 block of Northwest Ninth Terrace about 11 p.m. July 13. On his way to school the next morning about 7 a.m. he noticed it was gone.

Lights out: The high intensity headlights of a 1999 Honda Accord were stolen in the 100 block of Northwest Ninth Terrace between 11 p.m. July 13 and 6:30 a.m. July 14. The owner told police he arrived to find a side door open, the trunk up, a bumper lid removed and the lights gone.

HOLLYWOOD

Burglary attempt: About 2:15 a.m. July 30, a 57-year-old woman was watching TV in the bedroom of her home in the 2400 block of Harding Street when she heard a ``clicking sound'' coming from the window. Then the curtain moved as she walked toward the window. The man who was trying to get in ran away when he saw her. She told police the window's locking mechanism had been broken for three months. The burglar had opened a gate, removed a window screen and pulled the window all the way up before he was scared away.

Purse snatched: A 58-year-old woman told police she was walking toward her car through the Target parking lot, 3251 Hollywood Blvd., when two men in a gray Honda ``very quietly'' approached her from the rear about 6:35 p.m. Aug. 1. As they pulled up next to her, the passenger grabbed at her purse and she almost fell while trying to hold on to it.

The robber won the struggle and escaped with a yellow purse containing a wallet, credit cards and a driver's license. She told police the only description she could provide was that both robbers wore hats.

COOPER CITY

Tools taken: Between 6 p.m. July 22 and 8 a.m. July 23, someone broke into three lawn trailers at Sunshine Self Storage, 9881 Sheridan St., and stole 15 tools valued at $5,225.

Home burglarized: A Dell laptop, Macintosh laptop and 52-inch LG plasma TV, valued at a total of $4,800, were stolen from a home in the 11500 block of South Open Court between 11 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. July 27. A woman who was house-sitting for the owners found a sliding glass door unlocked and a kitchen window ``slightly open.'' She said she ``thought nothing of it,'' and relocked the door and window. A neighbor convinced her to call the police and deputies found the kitchen screen had been removed by the burglars who climbed into the home.

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