Anna Maria
No reports.
Anna Maria is policed by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.
Bradenton Beach
April 9, 500 block of Gulf Drive South, domestic battery/strangulation. An argument between a couple led a 28-year-old man to allegedly squeeze a woman’s neck and impede her airflow. In response, the woman picked up a screwdriver and the man let her go. The man then allegedly struck the woman with a frozen beer mug.
April 14, 1603 Gulf Drive North, battery/obstruction. A man listing a West Virginia address was arrested after allegedly striking a condo groundskeeper who was closing a swimming pool for the night. The groundskeeper asked the man whether he was staying at the property and the man struck him and fled on a bicycle. Bradenton Beach police found the man in the 2000 block of Gulf Drive North, took him into custody and he was transported to the Manatee County jail.
Bradenton Beach is policed by BBPD.
Cortez
No reports.
Cortez is policed by MCSO.
Holmes Beach
April 11, 7100 block of Palm Drive, marijuana. Holmes Beach police found a 762-capacity automatic rifle magazine and two knives in a vehicle search after noticing a billy club in the backseat. An officer stopped the car for dark window tint and a taillight out and noticed the odor of burnt marijuana. A passenger told police they were cleaning houses. The 26-year-old driver was issued a notice to appear for possessing a gram of marijuana and a pipe and cited for a suspended license. The marijuana, paraphernalia, ammunition and weapons were confiscated.
April 11, 6300 block of Flotilla Drive, stalking. A woman reported a man she previously dated left her a gift on her doorstep after she told him not to contact her. Police left messages for the man, asking him not to contact the woman and to retrieve his package.
April 13, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, theft. A tag was stolen from a car in the parking lot. HBPD reported the tag the law enforcement database.
April 14, 100 block of 49th Street, drugs. Cocaine was found when police searched a 53-year-old man arrested for driving on a suspended license. Police observed the man’s vehicle run through three stop signs before pulling him over. As an officer was making the stop, the driver jumped out of the vehicle and stated, “You got me.” The man was charged with possessing cocaine, running a stop sign, driving with a suspended license, attaching a tag not assigned, and no vehicle registration or insurance. He was transported to Manatee County jail.
April 14, 200 block of 67th Street, property found. A South Carolina man called police to report that he found BB guns in a trash can. The property owner told police she wanted the guns that were in her trash and an officer arranged for a pickup.
April 14, 4600 block of Gulf Drive, disturbance. Road rage was reported by a Bradenton woman driving west on Manatee Avenue. She reported a woman driver in a silver Toyota cut her off and followed her vehicle. A male then exited the Toyota and confronted her, yelling obscenities and “to get back to her side of town.”
April 14, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, criminal mischief. A Riverview man left his vehicle in the parking lot, went to the beach and returned at 5:30 p.m. to find a slashed tire. The man told police he had previously argued with an unknown person about the parking spot.
April 14, 5900 block of Flotilla Drive, suspicious incident. A 37-year-old man reported an unknown person in a white SUV tried to run him over in his driveway and an hour later called police to report the person was at a restaurant on Cortez Road West. MCSO advised HBPD that everything was fine at the restaurant. The complainant told police it was not safe for him at home and he left the area.
April 14, Citgo, 3015 Gulf Drive, skimmers. The gas station owner reported credit card skimming devices on two pumps. Holmes Beach police found no locks and no obvious pry marks on the outside of the pumps.
Holmes Beach is policed by HBPD.
Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.
Mayor Murphy is correct in his statement against LPR cameras. They do record your comings and goings and we all know that the system will, at some time, be breached. Why do we need the extra proposed cameras? At the most have cameras at Cortez bridge and Manatee bridge,. I ,for one don’t need law enforcement knowing when I go to Fresh Market! Big brother is indeed watching. We don’t need this kind of invasion of privacy.