A 40-year-old man driving a Dodge Stratus through the Pillbox Plaza, 1701 NW 123rd Ave. in Miramar, about 3:15 p.m. Oct. 8 was lost.

He told police he drove around the plaza until a silver Ford stopped next to him going in the opposite direction.

Before he could ask for directions, the driver pointed a gun at him and said, ``Give me all your money.''

Fearing for his life, the victim drove off but the robber backed up at a high speed and caught up with him at a stop sign.

The robber jumped out of his car, waved his arms and yelled at him. The victim, unsure if the robber still had a gun, drove out of the plaza.

When the robber's car drove past him on Johnson Street, the victim's wife in the front passenger seat wrote down the tag number.

Officers ran the tag number and it came back to a Subaru that could not be located at the registered address.

MIRAMAR

Maxima missing: A woman told police her car ``did not have any characteristics that would make it stand out,'' but someone stole her 1995 Nissan Maxima from the 2200 block of Southwest 80th Terrace between 6 p.m. Oct. 17 and 9:20 a.m. Oct. 19 and left shattered glass where the passenger-side window had been.

Fraud: On Oct. 6 someone stole a woman's wallet in Sunrise. On Nov. 15 someone went to the Chase Bank, 11100 Pembroke Rd., and took out $3,850 and $2,000 in separate withdrawals. She told police she thought it was suspicious that someone could withdraw that amount of money from an account she closed Oct. 6.

Eat-in burglar hits home: Someone pried the rear sliding glass door of a home in the 7700 block of Juniper Street between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Oct. 19. The burglar stole two iPods, a docking station for an iPod and a Dell laptop. The owner told police she did not leave any dirty dishes or pots in the sink and the burglar had removed food from her refrigerator, cooked and ate it.

PEMBROKE PINES

Bogus check casher: Officers dispatched to Washington Mutual Bank, 18475 Pines Blvd., at 5:30 p.m. Oct 14 found a 22-year-old man trying to cash a check against a 77-year-old woman's account. The teller notified the manager that the check was ``visably counterfeit'' and was not one of the checks issued to the victim. When the transaction was completed, officers arrested the man and charged him with forgery and counterfeiting, as well as two active warrants.

Armed robbery: A man sitting in a chair outside his home in the 6900 block of Southwest 19th Street was robbed by three men at about 9:40 p.m. Oct. 14. He told police the men approached him and one pulled out a gun. One robber wearing a mask acted as a lookout while the other two told the victim to hand over his laptop and cellphone. He gave up the items and the robbers left in a black BMW. The Compaq laptop was valued at $575 and the Metro PCS cellphone at $150.

COOPER CITY

Loaded lawn trailer stolen: The owner of Cypress Landscaping and Maintenance told Broward Sheriff's deputies someone stole a lawn trailer loaded with lawn equipment from a space at Sunshine Self-Storage, 9881 Sheridan St., between 6:30 p.m. Oct. 9 and 8 a.m. Oct. 12. The trailer was attached to a lawn truck but there was no hitch lock. The truck's transmission was broken and it was moved forward to remove the trailer. The owner said the truck contained equipment valued at more than $20,000.

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