A teen was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer and her boyfriend was arrested for allegedly resisting arrest.
Shortly after 4 p.m. May 25, Holmes Beach police officers responded to the beach near 3600 Gulf Drive for reports of three seemingly intoxicated people shouting profanities and being disruptive to other beachgoers.
Police found a girl not wearing a top being carried from the waterline by two beachgoers and her boyfriend, Zachary Elberson, 18, of Apollo Beach.
Both the girl, 16, and Elberson were intoxicated and belligerent toward police, according to an arrest report.
A female beachgoer helped the girl put on a shirt but when the beachgoer and HBPD Sgt. Tom Fraser attempted to assist her from the beach, the girl kicked Fraser three times and screamed “vulgar statements,” the report read.
As Fraser handcuffed the juvenile, Elberson yelled at officers and resisted attempts to escort him from the beach.
The girl was arrested for battery on a law enforcement officer and disorderly intoxication and transported to a juvenile booking center.
When police searched her belongings, they found 1.4 grams of marijuana in a purse but she was not charged with possession.
Elberson was arrested for obstruction without violence and disorderly intoxication and transported to the Manatee County jail. He was released May 26 after paying $620.
A second intoxicated girl was taken to HBPD and held until her parents arrived. She was not arrested.