“Woman in critical condition after Lake Worth-area shooting” was the news in Palm Beach Post last Sunday morning.

Question: What does “Lake Worth-area” mean?
Do YOU have any idea?

About this shooting last Sunday morning south of nearby John I. Leonard High School is this information in the Post:


Detectives did not divulge any information regarding motive or suspects, but a PBSO spokeswoman said the investigation is ongoing.


Note there has been no update as of yet in the Post.

Hopefully the woman is recovering and this crime will be solved. Maybe an update will be forthcoming later on today or tomorrow.

The story in the Post encouraged the public to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-458-8477 or use the “CONNECT & PROTECT See Something, Say Something” app.

If anyone reading this blog post today has information, or thinks they have information which could help PBSO please contact Crime Stoppers immediately or use the “Connect & Protect” app provided by PBSO.

Let’s pause momentarily and address crime and the reasoning for renaming this municipality to become the City of Lake Worth Beach.

The hangup for some in the press and news media is this was done because of crime west of the City. Anyone who has been following this public policy debate knows the major reasoning was for branding and marketing and creating a “unique” coastal place in Palm Beach County. To learn more about this topic click on this link, recent news in the Sun Sentinel.

Now back to the recent crime news in the Post.

Where exactly did this shooting happen in the ‘Lake Worth-area’ last Sunday morning?

That crime news did not make the print edition the following Monday morning but if it did hopefully an editor would have created a more accurate headline than using the confusing term ‘Lake Worth-area’.

Why? Because the headline is supposed to follow the lead. This crime occurred in “unincorporated Lake Worth” also referred to as suburban Lake Worth but where west of the municipality of Lake Worth Beach?

We learn more in the second paragraph of the story:


At about 6 a.m., [PBSO] deputies responded to the 4800 block of Clinton Boulevard, just east of Odman Avenue, and found a woman at the location with at least one gunshot wound.

Do you know where this location is
in the ‘Lake Worth-area’?

Click on map to enlarge:

The location of this shooting was in unincorporated PBC between the City of Greenacres and Village of Palm Springs. The nearest landmark is John I. Leonard High School on 10th Ave. North in Greenacres.

Is this crime location the ‘Lake Worth-area’?

Or should it have been reported as the “Greenacres area”? Or an area west of Palm Springs? PBSO District 16 covers the City of Greenacres and nearby unincorporated areas and the Village of Palm Springs has their own police department.

Lake Worth Beach is patrolled by District 14 PBSO.

In conclusion, if the purpose of crime reporting is to solve crimes than why not be as accurate as possible?