Anna Maria
No new reports.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office polices Anna Maria.
Bradenton Beach
Dec. 30, 107 Seventh Street N., Wicked Cantina, petit larceny. Bradenton Beach police officers responded to a call concerning the theft of money from a backpack belonging to an employee. Surveillance showed a coworker removing items from the backpack. A capias warrant was issued.
Jan. 14, 300 block of Gulf Drive South, Baker Act. A BBPD officer observed a vehicle moving at a slow rate of speed and missing a tire. The officer initiated a traffic stop and observed the driver showed signs of memory impairment. A family member was contacted and the driver was taken to HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton under the Baker Act, the Florida Mental Health Act of 1971 that allows the involuntary institutionalization and examination of an individual likely to harm themselves or others.
The Bradenton Beach Police Department polices Bradenton Beach.
Cortez
No new reports.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
Jan. 9, 8100 block of Palm Drive, found property. An officer from the Holmes Beach Police Department responded to reports of luggage left on a sidewalk for several hours. The officer searched the luggage and found an airport tag with a name. The officer placed the luggage in storage.
Jan. 9, 6100 block of Marina Drive, theft. An Island Realty employee called the HBPD to report that an individual hacked his email and then wired more than $18,000.
Jan. 11, Marina Drive, suspended license/paraphernalia. An officer located a motorist pinged by HBPD’s license plate recognition system and conducted a traffic stop. The officer issued a court summons. The officer also searched the vehicle and found two glass pipes, which he confiscated.
Jan. 12, Anchor Inn, 3007 Gulf Drive, disorderly intoxication/obstruction without violence. Two officers responded to reports of a disturbance. The officers found a man yelling into an open window. When the man saw the officers, “he yelled to the two people next to him that the cops are here and to run,” according to a report. An officer chased the man, who eventually allowed himself to be handcuffed. The man, who was intoxicated and uncooperative, was arrested and transported to the Manatee County jail.
Jan. 15, 6000 block of Marina Drive, Baker Act. Two officers responded to reports of a suspicious person on the beach and arrived to find a man yelling at traffic and bystanders. The man’s relative said he was having mental health issues. The officers tried to speak with the young man but he ran into traffic, so they handcuffed and detained him under the Baker Act. Manatee County Emergency Medical Services transported the man to HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton for treatment.
Jan. 16, 400 block of 80th Street, welfare check. An officer was dispatched for a welfare check in response to a caller’s report that her children had called her crying. The officer found a man and his two kids. The officer spoke with the kids, who said their father was yelling at them and they asked to go back to their mother. The officer spoke with the man, who said he and his ex-wife were going through a divorce and the kids were not taking it well. The officer filed a report to the Florida abuse hotline. The officer responded again to a second welfare check involving the same parties later that day and found one of the children was emotional but otherwise in order.
Jan. 17, 3800 block of East Bay Drive, marijuana/paraphernalia. An officer clocked a motorist driving 45 mph in a 25-mph zone and conducted a traffic stop. While speaking to the driver, the officer smelled marijuana from inside the vehicle. The officer searched the vehicle and found a plastic bag containing 10.8 grams of marijuana and a metal grinder with marijuana residue inside, which he confiscated and placed in evidence. The officer issued the driver a court summons and a warning for speeding.
HBPD polices Holmes Beach.
Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.