Anna Maria
June 14, 200 block of Oak Avenue, noise. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office dispatched a deputy at 4:03 a.m. regarding loud music. The deputy heard loud music and issued a citation for violation of the noise ordinance.
The MCSO polices Anna Maria.
Bradenton Beach
No new reports.
The BBPD polices Bradenton Beach.
Cortez
June 10, Seafood Shack, 4110 127th St., W., burglary. The MCSO dispatched a deputy regarding a complaint of fishing equipment stolen from a boat. Security footage showed two people approach the boat. While one stood watch, another went on the boat and removed four fishing poles valued at about $730. The pair put the poles in the rear of a vehicle and drove away. Deputies filed a report.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
June 9, 3200 block of Sixth Avenue, paraphernalia. An officer from the Holmes Beach Police Department stopped a vehicle whose juvenile driver admitted having marijuana. Other juveniles were passengers. The officer searched the vehicle and found the substance and a pipe. The officer called the juveniles’ parents and confiscated the paraphernalia.
June 10, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, fraudulent handicap placard. An officer saw a handicap placard he didn’t recognize inside a vehicle parked in a handicap spot so he contacted the driver, who said it was her mother’s. The officer found the driver’s mother wasn’t at the beach. He issued the driver a court summons and citation.
June 10, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, fraudulent handicap placard. An officer saw a vehicle with a damaged handicap placard parked in a handicap spot so he contacted the driver, who said it was his mother’s, who was not with him. The officer issued a court summons and citation.
June 11, 4800 block of Second Avenue, noise. An officer responded to calls about a noisy vacation rental tenant and heard loud music from a property. An officer used a decibel meter to obtain a reading proving the noise was in violation of city code. He issued a citation.
June 12, 5900 block of Flotilla Drive, trespass. An officer responded to calls about a stranger in someone’s home. He found an intoxicated man walking in the back yard. The officer trespassed the man.
June 13, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, fraudulent handicap placard. An officer found a driver using someone else’s handicap placard. The officer issued a court summons and citation.
June 13, West Wind Shores, 6804 Gulf Drive, criminal mischief. Two officers searched unsuccessfully for men who reportedly tried to break into locked doors and damaged property.
June 14, Anchor Inn, 3007 Gulf Drive, trespass. An officer responded to reports of a patron who refused to leave. The officer issued a trespass warning.
June 14, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, drug possession. An officer saw a group of juveniles in a vehicle parked after hours. He searched it and found a bag of psychedelic mushrooms. The officer transported the driver to the Manatee County Juvenile Assessment Center in Bradenton.
June 14, 3000 block of Avenue E, larceny. A man entered the HBPD to report that a license plate was missing from a boat trailer parked at a construction site. The man provided a statement.
June 15, 3900 block of Gulf Drive, paraphernalia. An officer smelled marijuana from a man on the sidewalk. The man handed the officer a pipe. The officer confiscated the paraphernalia.
June 16, 3900 block of Gulf Drive, marijuana. An officer saw men walking and smelled marijuana. He searched the group and found a bag of marijuana. The officer issued a citation.
HBPD polices Holmes Beach.
Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.