Anna Maria
April 11, Anna Maria City Pier, 100 S. Bay Blvd., domestic disturbance. Using a GPS phone-tracking application, a man surmised his girlfriend was not at work as she’d told him. The man went to her workplace and the two argued, but it did not turn physical. They left together on the trolley.
April 14, Bayfront Park, 202 N. Bay Blvd., larceny. An unknown person took $3 off a table.
Anna Maria is policed by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.
Bradenton Beach
April 23, 2100 block of Avenue B, theft. A 55-inch flat-screen TV was stolen and a pool pump was broken in a rental property. The loss was estimated at $1,300.
April 24, 400 Gulf Drive, leaving scene. At about midnight, a Bradenton motorist crashed into a tree. The driver and a passenger ran away from an accident. Police found them hiding in a backyard in the 100 block of Third Street. The unlicensed driver gave police a sworn statement he crashed his mother’s 1995 BMW into a tree and was advised by others to run. According to his statement, he made a “poor decision.”
April 26, North Coquina Park Boat Ramp, 1400 Gulf Drive S., stolen tag. A woman who left her vehicle and went kayaking came back to find her license plate stolen. The bolts were found on the ground behind the vehicle.
Bradenton Beach is policed by the Bradenton Beach Police Department.
Cortez
April 11, 3800 block of 115th Street Court West, found property. A caller found a bicycle on the road, picked it up and put it next to a tree. A Manatee County sheriff’s deputy responded and looked for its owner, but was unsuccessful. The bicycle was taken to an MCSO property locker.
April 14, 11600 block of 36th Avenue West, battery. Manatee County sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic disturbance. A woman alleged a man slapped her, causing her to fall and hit her head. The man denied the allegation, saying the woman fell off a bench. The man was arrested.
April 14, Seafood Shack, defrauding innkeeper. A man docked his boat overnight and left without paying the $50 fee to the dock master.
April 15, on Sarasota Bay at 127th and 129th streets, suspicious incident. A man and woman were reported cutting through yards in the neighborhood. A pressure washer was found on the shore, processed for fingerprints and taken by MCSO to a property locker.
April 17, on Sarasota Bay at 127th and 129th streets, suspicious incident. An anonymous caller told police a man and a woman from an nearshore anchored boat loaded a dingy with items, including a bicycle trailer.
Cortez is policed by the MCSO.
Holmes Beach
April 20, 700 block of Manatee Avenue, probation violation/marijuana possession/child abuse. Stopped for speeding, a 21-year-old Sarasota man was arrested for violating his probation and misdemeanor marijuana possession and child abuse. Holmes Beach police found alcohol and 3.7 grams of marijuana in the vehicle and determined one of two minors in the backseat had been drinking from the man’s bottle of rum. The minors were released to their parents. The man also was ticketed for open container.
April 22, 100 block of 52nd Street, theft. An owner reported her iPhone and case stolen from her bag while she went swimming. The phone and case were valued at $1,120.
April 25, 5300 block of Marina Drive, theft. A bicycle, valued at $500, was stolen after having been retrieved from a theft five days earlier. It had been locked behind the hardware store.
Holmes Beach is policed by the HBPD.
Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.