About 10:15 p.m. Oct. 14, a 36-year-old man was driving west on West Broward Boulevard in his 1995 Honda Civic. He told police he stopped at the light at Southwest 54th Avenue in Plantation when he was hit from behind and left his car to speak to the other driver.

The other driver, dressed in black with a gold tooth, got out of his Mercedes-Benz E Class, pulled out a black Glock semiautomatic pistol and ordered the victim to empty his pockets.

The victim gave him $20 and a bottle of Roxycodone 30mg prescription pain relievers valued at $400.

The robber got back into his car and drove west on West Broward Boulevard. The victim told police he tried to hold on to the car and got a partial tag number before he was knocked down and dragged ``several feet.''

He said he had been at a gas station at East Acre Drive and West Broward Boulevard buying cigarettes and didn't see anyone follow him out of the station.

A mark on the rear of the Honda was consistent with being hit from behind but there was no visable damage to the car.

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.

Drug bust: During a narcotics investigation, a 51-year-old man tossed a Ziploc bag containing seven grams of heroin from his 1985 Chevrolet. The car was stopped in the 2600 block of North Hiatus Road about 6:15 p.m. Oct. 16. When the man braced his arms and pulled away from a deputy, he was charged with resisting arrest without violence, in addition to trafficking in heroin and an active warrant for driving with a suspended license.

Lost directions: Between 8 p.m. Oct. 18 and 5:30 p.m. Oct. 19 someone opened the unlocked driver's door of a 2009 Dodge truck in the driveway of a home in the 5500 block of Southwest 115th Avenue and stole a Garmin Global Positioning System unit valued at $100 from the dashboard.

DAVIE

Chevrolet stolen, damaged, towed then recovered: The owner of a 2006 Chevrolet Impala told police the car had been stolen from his home in the 3000 block of Palm Trace Landings Drive between noon Oct. 10 and 9 a.m. Oct. 11. A computer check showed the driver left the car at Pembroke Road and Interstate 95 after it was involved in an accident. The car was towed as an abandoned vehicle at2:43 a.m. Oct. 11.

Locker looted: A man told police he locked his belongings in a locker before working out at Bally Total Fitness, 2701 S. University Dr., about 1:45 p.m. Oct. 11. An hour later the lock was open and his wallet, with credit cards, a driver's license and $200, was gone.

Purse snatched: A 65-year-old woman said she had just finished shopping at Publix, 6525 Nova Dr., about 2:30 p.m. Oct. 8 and was loading her groceries into her car when she realized her purse was still in the cart. She turned around and saw two men walking by the cart. One removed her purse and they both ran away.

PLANTATION

Laptops lifted: A GED teacher at Plantation High School, 6901 NW 16th St., told police she had 16 students in her class between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Oct. 16. All of them had access to the computers. At the end of the school day three Dell D-505 laptops, valued at $2,000 each, were missing.

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