Anna Maria
Aug. 1, 4000 block of State Road 64 and Gulf Drive, Manatee County Public Beach, near drowning. Manatee County sheriff’s deputies and Emergency Medical Services responded to a near drowning call at the Manatee Public Beach, where EMS attended a 38-year-old man. The man was transported by EMS to HCA Florida Blake Hospital for treatment. An incident report was filed.
The MCSO polices Anna Maria.
Bradenton Beach
July 26, 1300 block of Gulf Drive, 12:29 p.m., loud noise complaint. A Manatee County sheriff’s deputy responded to a loud noise complaint occurring at a home along Gulf Drive in Bradenton Beach. A complainant stated loud music was being played on the other side of the wall from their home in violation of local noise ordinances. The officer issued a case number and wrote an incident report.
July 29, 1301 Gulf Drive N., Silver Surf Gulf Beach Resort, domestic complaint. A Manatee County sheriff’s deputy responded to a call from a woman at the front desk of the Silver Surf Gulf Beach Resort, who said a woman entered their office and said she had been in a domestic dispute. Deputies issued a case number and created an incident report.
The Bradenton Beach Police Department polices Bradenton Beach.
Cortez
No new reports.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
July 25, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, trespass warning. Two officers from the Holmes Beach Police Department responded at about 8 p.m. to reports of a trespasser at the beach. Officers found the complainant, a county parks employee, who pointed to a woman and asked that she be trespassed. An employee at the beach cafe also asked the officers to trespass the woman. The officers issued a trespass warning to the woman and she left the area.
July 26, 5300 block of Gulf Drive, underage alcohol/marijuana possession. Officers found several juveniles on the beach in possession of alcohol and marijuana. They detained the juveniles and contacted their parents for pickup. The father of one declined to pickup the child and hung up. The man eventually called back and picked up the juvenile. An officer reported the incident to the Florida Abuse Hotline.
July 26, Publix Super Market, 3900 E. Bay Drive, shoplifting. Officers responded to reports of a juvenile shoplifter hiding in a bathroom stall, although the manager said the suspect left on foot. The manager said he had seen a female juvenile taking items into the restroom, where he could hear the suspect eating inside a stall. He wanted to press charges for petit theft. An officer found a can of Pringles and a bag of cheese sticks in the restroom trash receptacle and chip crumbs inside the juvenile’s backpack, which was left behind. Another officer found the juvenile, arrested her and transported her to a juvenile detention center in Bradenton.
July 28, Alvin’s Island, 3602 E. Bay Drive, trespass warning. An officer responded to reports of shoplifters at the store and found a manager outside speaking with two juveniles. The manager told police he’d seen a juvenile put items in a purse and leave the store without paying. A pair of sweatpants from the store were found in the purse. The manager did not want to press charges but asked the officer to trespass the juveniles. The officer issued trespass warnings and released the juveniles into the custody of one of their mothers.
July 28, 3100 block of Avenue E, seize tag order. An officer located a motorist pinged by the HBPD’s license plate recognition system and conducted a traffic stop. The officer spoke to the driver, who said she did not know her license was suspended and could not provide proof of insurance. The officer issued citations and confiscated the vehicle license plate. The driver called AAA to have her vehicle picked up.
July 30, 200 block of 75th Street, domestic incident. A complainant called the HBPD to report a mother allegedly struck her juvenile daughter on a Monkey Bus. Officers spoke with the transport driver, who pointed them to where he dropped them off. The officers found and spoke to the pair, who both said there had been a verbal argument but no abusive physical action. The officers later examined security footage from the bus and did not find evidence of the alleged strike. HBPD reported the incident to the Florida Department of Children and Family Services.
July 30, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, assisting EMS. Officers responded to reports of a drowning and found an man in distress and unresponsive. Two officers assessed the man while another dealt with crowd control. After failing to find a pulse, the officers began CPR until paramedics from West Manatee Fire Rescue arrived and took over care. The man was transported by Manatee County Emergency Medical Services to the HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton and was in stable condition in the intensive care unit as of July 31.
July 31, 5300 block of Gulf Drive, larceny. An officer was flagged down by people who said a phone was taken from the bumper of a vehicle. They said they tracked the phone to Bradenton and spoke with a woman who said her son had taken the phone out to a boat moored along the Palma Sola Causeway. The phone’s owner declined to press charges and signed a waiver of prosecution. An officer called the Bradenton Police Department to check for the suspect and phone at the causeway but a search found nothing.
July 31, 3600 block of Gulf Drive, battery. An officer responded to reports of battery and found the complainant, a man who said a woman in a bathing suit approached him demanding he stop fishing from the beach due to concerns about attracting sharks. After he refused her, he said she returned and swung at his face with a paddleboard oar. He said he blocked the oar with his hand, which was cut due to the incident. The officer found a woman leaving the beach who matched the given description and followed her. She told police she swung the oar to break the man’s fishing line. The officer arrested the woman, who physically resisted and threatened to strike the officer. The officer transported the woman to the HBPD for processing. She was then taken by a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office transport unit to the Manatee County jail in Bradenton.
The HBPD polices Holmes Beach.
Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.