Police are investigating a break and enter that occurred in Church Street between 1pm on Thursday and 9am on Friday.
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Unknown offenders entered a house currently being built through the unfinished roof and stole a number of Milwaukee and Makita brand power tools valued at $2300.
Anyone with information should contact Forbes Police on 6853 9999 or CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000.
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An 18-year-old Forbes woman will in appear in court after being caught riding a peewee motorcycle in Cedar Crescent on Friday.
Police were on patrol at 3.15pm when they saw the woman riding the bike on the road.
She was charged with driving while her licence was suspended and using an unregistered vehicle on the road.
She will appear in Forbes Local Court on November 9.
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Police have arrested and charged a 35-year-old Parkes woman after she committed a number of fraud offences in Forbes.
On July 1 she left the service station on the Parkes Road without paying for $20.15 in fuel.
On August 4 she left the service station on the corner of Johnson and Dowling Streets without paying for $70 in fuel.
On September 8 she left the service station on the corner of the Newell Highway and Dowling Street without paying for $25 in fuel.
The woman was arrested in Forbes at 9.40am on Friday.
At the time of her arrest she was in possession of a pair of scissors which she claimed were for protection.
She was charged with three counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and one count of carrying a cutting weapon.
She was released on conditional bail to appear in Peak Hill Local Court on September 15.
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A 36-year-old Forbes man will appear in court after being caught driving a vehicle with no number plates and only one working headlight.
Police stopped the driver of a maroon Holden Commodore in Ferry Street at 10.50pm on Thursday.
He was charged with never licensed driver drive vehicle on road and use unregistered vehicle on road.
He will appear in Forbes Local Court on November 9.