Anna Maria
May 14, 875 N. Shore Drive, Rod & Reel Pier, trespassing. A Manatee County sheriff’s deputy responded to a report of trespassing. A pier manager called deputies to trespass three people. Deputies trespassed the individuals and an incident report was filed. A case number also was assigned.
The MCSO polices Anna Maria.
Bradenton Beach
No new reports.
The Bradenton Beach Police Department polices the city.
Cortez
No new reports.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
May 9, Publix Super Market, 3900 E. Bay Drive, petit theft. An officer from the Holmes Beach Police Department responded to reports of shoplifting. The officer met with the manager, who said he had video evidence of a man repeatedly taking items from the store. The manager wanted to press charges and provided security camera footage, receipts for the stolen items and a written affidavit. Two HBPD officers found the suspect at the beach. He denied the allegations but was trespassed from the beach. The officer filed a capias request to the state attorney’s office for charges.
May 9, HBPD, 5801 Marina Drive, city hall, complaint. A woman entered the HBPD to report she’d paid a contractor to complete work on her home but nothing was done. An officer called the contractor, who did not answer, and referred the case to the city code compliance department.
May 9, 100 block of White Avenue, assisting law enforcement. The license plate for a motorist highlighted as potentially suicidal by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office was pinged by the HBPD’s recognition system. An officer located the motorist, who was taken into custody under the Baker Act and transported to Centerstone Behavioral Hospital in Bradenton.
May 10, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, camping. An officer was patrolling the park after hours when he found a man sleeping on a picnic table. The officer woke the man, then issued a city code citation and trespass warning. The man left without issue.
May 11, 100 block of 50th Street, domestic battery. An officer responded to reports of potential battery and found a person outside a home who said there had been a disturbance. The officer saw people inside and on a second-floor patio, so he called them outside. They complied. The officer spoke to a woman who said a man at the house was drunk and had grabbed his wife by the neck before others subdued him. The wife confirmed the man grabbed her but she did not want to press charges or complete a sworn statement. The officer arrested the man and transported him to the Manatee County jail.
May 12, D-Coy Ducks, 5410 Marina Drive, trespass warning. An officer responded to reports of a disturbance and spoke with a bartender, who said a woman grabbed his arm and wanted her and her two friends trespassed. The officer approached the women and issued a trespass warning. They left without issue.
May 13, Haley’s Motel, 8102 Gulf Drive, domestic battery. Two officers responded to reports of a domestic disturbance. The caller said a woman asked him to call 911. The officers located the couple in their motel room. The man was intoxicated and uncooperative. The woman said the man was drunk and verbally and physically abusive. She provided a sworn statement. The officers arrested the man and transported him the Manatee County jail.
May 15, HBPD, 5801 Marina Drive, city hall, missing property. A man entered the HBPD to report his briefcase went missing after a Lyft driver took him home from the airport the night before. The man said he’d contacted the airport, which told him security camera footage showed him leaving with the briefcase. The man contacted the Lyft driver, as well as the company’s customer service department but “had no further information.” The man provided the Lyft driver’s information to an officer.
HBPD polices Holmes Beach.
Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.