Anna Maria
July 28, 800 block of North Shore Drive, lost person. A wife reported a man missing after he went to purchase cigarettes and did not return. He was found unharmed the next morning.
July 28, Bayfront Park, 316 N. Bay Blvd., after hours in park. Four people were found sitting at a picnic table alongside a vehicle parked in the parking lot at 2:10 a.m., after the park closed. Manatee County Sheriff’s deputies responded and noticed a strong odor of marijuana. The vehicle owner gave MCSO permission to search the vehicle. Deputies found a half empty bottle of Hennessey’s and what they believed to be marijuana and rock cocaine. The deputies confiscated the drugs and issued a parking ticket to the owner for after-hours parking. No arrests were made because deputies never saw the people in possession of the drugs.
Anna Maria is policed by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.
Bradenton Beach
July 31, Gulf Drive Cafe, 900 Gulf Drive N., theft. Three men ordered $115 of food and drink and left without paying the bill. The men ran across the street, entered a vehicle and headed south on Gulf Drive. The Bradenton Beach Police Department is investigating.
Bradenton Beach is policed by the BBPD.
Cortez
No reports.
Cortez is policed by the MCSO.
Holmes Beach
July 23, on the beach at 52st Street, alcohol violations. Two Bradenton men were ticketed for drinking alcohol on the beach.
July 23, on the beach at 53rd Street, alcohol violation. A Holmes Beach police officer cited a Sebring man for violating the city’s no-alcohol-on-the-beach ordinance after the officer observed the man drink a beer.
July 23, on the beach at 52nd Street, alcohol violation. A woman was seen consuming an alcoholic beverage on the public beach. The woman from Orlando was cited for a city ordinance violation.
July 23, on the beach and 50th Street, alcohol violation. A 24-year-old man coming out of the Gulf of Mexico acknowledged numerous empty beer cans atop a beach towel were his. Holmes Beach police officer issued the man an ordinance violation.
July 23, beach access at 3900 block of Gulf Drive, alcohol violation. HBPD ticketed a 31-year-old Kissimmee man for consuming a beer in the beach pathway leading from 39th Street.
July 23, 4000 block of Gulf Drive, alcohol violation. A Holmes Beach police officer observed a white male sleeping at 3:31 a.m. on the beach in violation of a city ordinance. The officer issued him a citation. The man packed his belongings and left the beach.
Holmes Beach is policed by the HBPD.
Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.
