Streetlife – 01-31-2024

Anna Maria

No new reports.

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office polices Anna Maria.

Bradenton Beach

      Jan. 17, 111 Bridge St., Island Time Bar and Grill, trespassing. A Bradenton Beach police officer was dispatched to a report of trespassing. A man trespassed from the establishment returned and refused to leave. The man was arrested and transported to the Manatee County Jail in Palmetto.

Jan. 18, 2500 block of Gulf Drive North, reckless driver. An officer responded to reports of a reckless driver. A motorist in a white SUV was traveling north on Gulf Drive at a high speed and drove over a crosswalk sign. The officer moved the sign, requested a new sign and filed an incident report.

      The BBPD polices Bradenton Beach.

Cortez

No new reports.

The MCSO polices Cortez.

Holmes Beach

Jan. 16, 5300 block of Gulf Drive, Marchman Act. A Holmes Beach police officer responded to calls to assist Manatee County Emergency Medical Services in treating a man who collapsed in a parking lot. The officer woke the man and determined he was too intoxicated to care for himself. After EMS checked the man’s vital signs, the officer placed the man in protective custody under the Marchman Act and transported him to the HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton.

Jan. 19, 500 block of 74th Street, theft. An HBPD officer responded to reports of a past theft and spoke with a woman who said a pair of $2,000 earrings were missing from her home after it was cleaned by a service. The crew returned to the home so the officer could check their possessions. The earrings were not found.

Jan. 19, Publix, 3900 E. Bay Drive, trespass. An officer responded to complaints about a man harassing employees and customers. A manager described the man, who was found in the parking lot. The officer supervised as the manager trespassed the man from the property.

Jan. 20, Publix, 3900 E. Bay Drive, repeat trespass/marijuana. Two officers responded to reports that a man who had trespassed the store the day before returned and was in the restroom. The officers arrested the man, who said he did not remember he had been trespassed because he was intoxicated at the time. An officer searched the man and found a bag containing marijuana. The officer confiscated the substance and transported the man to the Manatee County jail.

Jan. 21, Haley’s Motel, 8102 Gulf Drive, domestic disturbance/trespass. An officer responded to reports of people fighting in the parking lot. A complainant said he heard a man loudly fighting with a woman in a neighboring room. He said he had exited his room to see a woman lying on the floor and a man walking away. Both the man and the woman told police they only were in a verbal argument but the officer photographed signs of injury on the woman and supervised as a motel representative trespassed the couple from the property.

Jan. 22, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, harassment/trespass. An officer responded to a complaint about a man harassing a Manatee County Area Transit trolley driver who had parked her vehicle to take a break. The driver said the man was tapping on the trolley door and asking to board. An MCAT supervisor trespassed the man from the service for six months but later called the Holmes Beach Police Department to rescind the trespass.

HBPD polices Holmes Beach.

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