Anna Maria
April 14, 800 block of North Shore Drive, vandalism. A Manatee County sheriff’s deputy responded to a complaint of vandalism. A complainant said someone keyed her vehicle while it was parked on a roadside. The officer assigned a case number and filed an incident report.
The MCSO polices Anna Maria.
Bradenton Beach
No new reports.
The Bradenton Beach Police Department polices Bradenton Beach.
Cortez
April 12, 4000 block of 123rd Street West, trespassing. An MCSO deputy responded to a complaint of trespassing. The complainant said an individual previously trespassed from their property had returned and asked for a deputy to remove the person. The deputy contacted the individual and the subject left.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
April 9, 600 block of North Point Drive, vandalism. A Holmes Beach police officer responded to reports of vandalism and found the complainants with a damaged sign that appeared to have been ripped out of the ground. One of the complainants provided the officer with video footage but it did not include a view of the sign.
April 9, 5900 block of Flotilla Drive, probation violation/resisting without violence. Two officers responded to reports of potential domestic abuse. A caller reported to police that his wife was “tearing the house up.” The woman had left by the time police arrived. The officers spoke with the complainant, who said no criminal actions occurred. An officer later found the woman in a parked vehicle with an open alcohol container inside. The officer approached her and tried to speak with her, but she drove away. The officer followed her and conducted a traffic stop, but the woman continued to be uncooperative and refused to open her door or lower her window. The officer arrested the woman for resisting without violence. She requested medical care for arm pain, so police called Manatee County Emergency Medical Services. EMS cleared her but she continued to report pain, so she was taken to HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton. After she was medically cleared, she was transported to the Manatee County jail.
April 13, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, marijuana. An officer found a vehicle and two people parked after closing hours at the park. The officer smelled marijuana and the passenger handed over a container with 1.2 grams of marijuana. She did not have a medical marijuana license. The officer also saw a bong on the floor behind the passenger seat, which the passenger claimed was hers. The officer confiscated the marijuana and the bong and issued the woman a citation.
April 13, 2800 block of Avenue E, Marchman Act. An officer responded to reports of a suspicious person and found an intoxicated man with injuries next to a bicycle. The officer called for EMS, but the man refused treatment. The officer placed him in police custody under the Marchman Act after determining the man was likely to cause harm to himself. He was transported to HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton.
April 14, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, leaving scene of crash. A man entered the Holmes Beach Police Department to report a hit-and-run crash. He told police his vehicle was parked in the lot while he was at the beach. He said he returned to find a woman who said a motorist crashed into their cars and left. She took a picture of the motorist, which was provided to police. An officer issued the man a case card and identified the pictured vehicle. He called the woman who witnessed the crash and she provided descriptions of the motorist and a passenger. The officer tracked down the vehicle to a property off the Palma Sola Causeway and found a damaged vehicle. The officer spoke with two women at the property and one woman admitted to driving the vehicle when it hit the other. An officer issued a court summons and a criminal traffic citation.
HBPD polices Holmes Beach.
Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.