Anna Maria
No new reports.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office polices the city.
Bradenton Beach
June 5, Drift-In, 120 Bridge St., battery. Bradenton Beach Police Department officers were dispatched to deal with a fight. Officers arrived to find a man with a swollen left eye and a bloody nose. The man alleged he was attacked by an unknown male, who struck him with a rock. Officers interviewed witnesses and received conflicting accounts. A report was filed and the case was turned over to a BBPD detective.
June 11, 1300 block of Gulf Drive North, battery. An officer responded to a report of an alleged battery. The complainant alleged she was shoved during an argument by an intoxicated male but declined to press charges. The officer searched the area for the intoxicated male to no avail. A capias request was made.
June 11, 4600 block of Bimini Drive, trespassing. An officer responded to a call that a woman was trespassing at a residence. The officer located the woman, who was asked to leave but refused to comply. When the officer attempted to detain the woman, she tried to flee, resulting in a chase. The officer tried to place the woman in custody but she became combative, resulting in the use of pepper spray. The woman was arrested for trespassing and resisting arrest. She was transported to the Manatee County jail.
The BBPD polices the city.
Cortez
No new reports.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
June 7, Fun and More, 5347 Gulf Drive, petit theft. An officer from the Holmes Beach Police Department responded to the store and spoke with an employee, who said a man rode off with a bicycle after she allowed him a test ride. The owner could not provide a serial number or information about the suspect.
June 8, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, recovered property. An officer responded to reports of a lost cellphone and spoke with the complainant, who said it went missing while he was at the beach. The officer provided a case number.
June 10, 300 block of 61st Street, suspicious circumstance. A man entered the HBPD to report two home security cameras were tampered and stolen. The man provided video of two people, one with a drill in hand, approaching his home, showing two cameras going blank. The man said he was concerned for his family’s safety and felt harassed by the owner of the adjacent duplex unit. Another resident called the HBPD to say she witnessed the incident. The case was sent to the detective for review.
June 10, 5300 block of Gulf Drive, vehicular collision. An officer saw a wrecked vehicle on the side of the road and made contact with three people involved in a rear-end collision. One woman, who was driving her vehicle alone, did not have a driver’s license and was determined at fault for following the motorist ahead too closely. The officer issued criminal and traffic citations to the woman.
June 10, 600 block of Key Royale Drive, suspended license. A motorist was pinged by the HBPD’s license plate recognition system and an officer located the vehicle. The officer conducted a traffic stop and spoke with the driver, who did not know his license was suspended. The officer issued a citation and seized the man’s license and plate.
June 11, 100 block of 77th Street, suspicious circumstances. An officer responded to reports of suspicious circumstances and spoke with the complainants, a couple who said boys driving a golf cart screamed at them, then mooned them. The complainants said they recognized the golf cart from a nearby residence, so the officer went there and found two boys, who denied the allegations.
HBPD polices Holmes Beach.
Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.