Anna Maria
May 6, 800 block of North Shore Drive, The Rod and Reel Resort, property damage. A Manatee County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a complaint of property damage at the Rod and Reel Resort. A complainant stated that a boat had been tied up to the resort fence, inadvertently causing damage. The owner of the boat cooperated and agreed to pay for damages. The deputy generated an incident report at the manager’s request.
The MCSO polices Anna Maria.
Bradenton Beach
May 4, 200 Gulf Drive S., underage drinking. A Bradenton Beach police officer was dispatched to a complaint of underage drinking at Cortez Beach. The officer located the youths and confirmed the presence of alcohol in a cooler. The youths turned over the cooler to the officer, who contacted their parents and filed an incident report.
May 5, 200 block of Gulf Drive north, warrant arrest. A BBPD officer, during a routine traffic stop found that the driver of the vehicle had an outstanding warrant for drug equipment possession. The motorist was arrested and transported to the Manatee County jail in Palmetto.
May 6, 2650 Gulf Drive S., vandalism. A Manatee County sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to a complaint of vandalism at the Coquina Beach Cafe. The cafe manager told the deputy that an unknown individual had shot the cafe’s glass windows with a BB gun overnight. The deputy filed an incident report.
May 6, 100 block Eighth Street S., property damage. A BBPD officer was dispatched to a complaint of a runaway boat in the Intracoastal Waterway off Eighth Street South. The officer observed a skiff with no one aboard going in circles. The vessel then struck a nearby dock, damaging the structure and pinning itself long enough for 1st responders to board and shut off the engine. The dock owner was contacted and given a case number. From the hull identification numbers the officers were able to trace the skiff to its owner to a live aboard vessel in the waters of Cortez. The skiff owner alleged the vessel was stolen. The officer took a stolen vessel report for further investigation.
May 6, 2650 Gulf Drive S., property damage. A BBPD officer was dispatched to a complaint of overnight property damage at the Coquina Beach Cafe. The cafe manager showed the officer security camera footage showing two youths attempting to force open the service window of the cafe. When their attempts proved unsuccessful, the suspects left the area. The video was taken into evidence for review by a BBPD detective. The matter remains under investigation.
The BBPD polices Bradenton Beach.
Cortez
May 8, 200 block of 45th Avenue West, stolen vehicle. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a stolen vehicle in Cortez. The complainant said the vehicle had been sold without her permission. An incident report was filed and the vehicle was entered into the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Crime Information Center. The matter is pending further investigation.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
May 1, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, assistance. A Holmes Beach police officer responded to reports of a man with memory loss. He found a code enforcement officer, who handed over a firearm he said he had taken from the man. The officer spoke to the man, who believed it was 2004. The officer called Manatee County Emergency Medical Services. After EMTs evaluated the man, they determined he had an altered mental state and transported him to the HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton. The officer placed the man’s firearm in storage.
May 1, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, trespass. An officer found a seemingly unoccupied vehicle parked in the lot around 11 p.m., after the park’s hours, and began to issue a parking citation, when a woman exited the vehicle and began yelling at the officer. The officer issued the parking citation and trespassed the woman from the property. The woman returned to the property later the same night, and the officer issued her a court summons.
May 2, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, burglary/fraud/petit theft. A man entered the Holmes Beach Police Department, saying his bag had been stolen from an unlocked vehicle while parked at the beach. He also provided evidence of multiple transactions involving his credit cards, which were in the stolen bag. An officer responded to the location of one of the transactions and recovered video footage of a man completing the transaction.
May 2, 600 block of Concord Lane, grand theft. A man called the HBPD to report that pool equipment had been stolen from his property while he was out of town. An officer found electrical lines were cut and PVC tubing sawed through. The officer searched the area for security cameras to no avail.
May 2, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, trespass. An officer responded to reports of a trespasser at the beach cafe. He met with a manager, who pointed out a man and said he had caused a disturbance. The manager said the man had been asked to leave but refused to cooperate. The officer trespassed the man, who left without issue.
May 6, 200 block of Harbor Drive, domestic battery. An officer responded to reports of a domestic disturbance and arrived to hear yelling coming from inside a property. The officer could see a man behaving in an agitated manner through a glass door, so he entered and detained him in handcuffs. The subject told police a verbal argument had occurred between he and his father, but the dispute escalated and became physical. The father told police his son pushed and struck him, but did not want to press charges. The officer arrested the son, who was transported to the Manatee County jail. The officer reported the incident to the Florida Department of Children & Families abuse hotline.
May 7, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, trespass. An officer responded to reports of an intoxicated woman causing a disturbance and refusing to leave. The officer spoke to an employee who said the woman was denied entry to a restroom at the park and told to leave since it was after hours. The officer found the woman and supervised as the employee trespassed her from the property. The woman left without issue.
HBPD polices Holmes Beach.
Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.