Streetlife – 06-21-2023

Anna Maria

No new reports

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office polices Anna Maria.

Bradenton Beach

      June 9, 2000 block of Gulf Drive North, fraud. A Bradenton Beach police officer responded to a call concerning renter fraud. The complainant said she made arrangements online with a purported rental company agent. The complainant booked a stay at a unit and found it occupied upon arrival. The complainant contacted the rental company and found she did not have a reservation and was the victim of possible fraud. The officer filed a case number and details were turned over to a detective.

      The Bradenton Beach Police Department polices Bradenton Beach.

Cortez

No new reports.

The MCSO polices Cortez.

Holmes Beach

June 8, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, trespass. An officer from the Holmes Beach Police Department responded to a trespass complaint involving a Manatee County Area Transit bus. The officer spoke to the driver, who wanted a man on the bus trespassed because he had urinated near a bus stop. The officer trespassed the man from MCAT buses and stops. The man left without issue.

June 8, 7400 block of Marina Drive, larceny. A man entered the HBPD to report that a tote containing more than $1,000 in fishing equipment went missing from his boat. The man provided a list of stolen items. An officer issued the man a victim’s rights pamphlet and case number. The officer searched for witnesses and cameras but found none.

June 8, 3900 block of East Bay Drive, hit-and-run. Officers responded to reports of a vehicle crash with no injuries or roadway blockage. An officer found two motorists involved in the crash, including one who got out of his vehicle and fled the scene. Another officer found the man, handcuffed him and brought him back to the scene. The man would not cooperate with police. An officer arrested him for leaving the scene of a crash and transported him to the Manatee County jail.

June 9, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, assisting law enforcement. The HBPD was notified by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office to be on the lookout for a motorist driving with three juveniles who had an emergency warrant out of Volusia County. An officer located the vehicle unattended in the parking lot. The officer then searched the beach and found the group, which cooperated with him. The officer took custody of the juveniles and transported them to MCSO’s District 1 office for their father to pick them up.

June 11, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, battery. A woman approached an officer and reported that she had been battered over a parking spot. She said another woman yelled and spit in her face over an open parking spot. The woman provided a description of the aggressor. The officer provided the woman with a victim’s rights pamphlet and a case number.

HBPD polices Holmes Beach.

Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.