Anna Maria
No new reports.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office polices Anna Maria.
Bradenton Beach
Feb. 16, 1500 block of Gulf Drive South, larceny. A Bradenton Beach police officer responded to a call concerning the theft of an outboard motor from a dinghy near the North Coquina Boat Ramp. The complainant said he moored the dinghy in the mangroves near the shore and found the engine missing on returning from work. The officer filed a case number and issued a victim rights card.
The BBPD polices Bradenton Beach.
Cortez
No new reports.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
Feb. 8, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, burglary. An officer from the Holmes Beach Police Department responded to reports of a burglary from people who said three bags were missing from their vehicle when they returned from the beach. Two women provided a description. The officer swabbed for DNA and fingerprints but found none. He provided them with case numbers and victim’s rights brochures.
Feb. 8, Walgreens, 3200 E. Bay Drive, fraud. A woman reported to the HBPD potential credit card fraud. She said there were multiple purchases made using her card without her permission following a recent purchase at Walgreens. The officer issued a case card to the woman, who was able to dispute the charges and get her money back.
Feb. 10, 600 block of Manatee Avenue, recovered stolen vehicle. An officer located a vehicle identified by dispatch as possibly stolen and conducted a traffic stop. The officer spoke to the driver, a man who said he believed the rental vehicle belonged to his friend. He said he did not know the vehicle was reported stolen and provided his friend’s information. The officer contacted a rental car company and the Christiansburg Police Department in Virginia, where the vehicle was originally reported stolen, and released the driver without charges.
Feb. 11, Freckled Fin Irish Pub, 5337 Holmes Blvd., trespass warning. Three officers responded to reports of a verbal disturbance, where all parties but one complied with the manager’s request for them to leave. The officers spoke with the man who refused to leave. Then they supervised while the business owner issued a trespass warning.
HBPD polices Holmes Beach.
Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.