Anna Maria
No new reports.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office polices Anna Maria.
Bradenton Beach
Jan. 3 2000 block of Gulf Drive South, burglary. BBPD officers responded to a call concerning a break-in and theft of items from a lifeguard tower at Coquina Beach. Officers took photos and issued a case number for further investigation.
Bradenton Beach Police Department polices Bradenton Beach.
Cortez
Dec. 30, 11000 block of Cortez Road West, burglary. MCSO deputies responded to the burglary of a storage unit. The complainant said someone stole more than $30,000 worth of belongings. The officer assigned a case number.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
Dec. 27, 2022, 200 block of Peacock Lane, motor vehicle accident. An officer from the Holmes Beach Police Department responded to reports that a woman was run over by her boyfriend. The officer found the woman, who said she fell while trying to exit her boyfriend’s vehicle upon returning home, then he’d driven over her. The woman’s injuries were consistent with a fall, not getting run over or struck by the vehicle, according to the police report. The officer spoke to the woman’s boyfriend, who said she fell. Emergency medical services arrived to check the woman’s injuries but determined they were superficial and did not require hospitalization. Neither of the parties told the officer they felt unsafe staying with each other. The officer provided both parties with case cards.
Dec. 28, 2022, 3300 block of East Bay Drive, warrant arrest/suspended license. An officer saw a motorist driving a vehicle without taillights and an expired tag, so he conducted a traffic stop. The officer smelled marijuana and spoke with the driver, who began to give a fake name before giving his real name. The officer searched the vehicle and found no contraband but there was an arrest warrant for the driver, who also had a suspended license. The officer arrested the driver and issued a criminal traffic citation. The officer transported the man to the Manatee County jail.
Dec. 29, 2022, 100 block of 49th Street, disturbance. An officer responded to reports of a disturbance and found a woman who said she was in a verbal and physical altercation with a man with whom she’d been trying to end a relationship. The woman said the man grabbed her hair, pushed her to the ground and stepped on her before driving away. She said she wanted a restraining order but did not want to press charges against the man. An officer from the Longboat Key Police Department located the man’s vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. The man said he had not hit the woman and that she had been hurt while getting out of his vehicle and falling earlier that day.
Dec. 30, 2022, 300 block of 56th Street, petit theft. A man called the HBPD to report that a traffic cone he’d purchased and placed in front of his house was missing. Two officers searched the area but didn’t find the cone.
HBPD polices Holmes Beach.
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