Compiled by Robert Anderson and Ryan Paice
Anna Maria
No new reports
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office polices Anna Maria.
Bradenton Beach
Aug. 7, 500 block of Gulf Drive South, Cortez Beach, near drowning. The MCSO, marine patrol and emergency medical services responded to a near drowning. Lifeguards rescued two people who jumped off a pier and were taken out by the current. The swimmers were brought to shore uninjured and taken to HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton.
The Bradenton Beach Police Department polices the city.
Cortez
Aug. 9, 12110 Cortez Road W., Cortez Bait and Seafood, fraud. An MCSO deputy responded to a fraud complaint. A staff member received a phishing text message and provided a fraudster with the accounts, usernames and passwords for accounts and that information was used to attempt two wire transfers. No money was lost. The deputy filed an incident report and opened a case for investigation.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
Aug. 7, 200 block of South Harbor Drive, missing boat. A man called the Holmes Beach Police Department to report that his boat went missing during Tropical Storm Debby. He said camera footage showed his boat being lowered on the lift without anyone operating it, then getting carried away by the water.
Aug. 9, 3000 block of Avenue C, trespass after warning. An HBPD officer responded to reports of a trespasser and spoke with the complainant, who said a woman given a trespass warning had returned and parked her vehicle in his driveway before walking away. The woman walked back to the property and spoke with police. She said she had been invited back via text message from the man, but her phone showed no such message. The officer reiterated the trespass warning to the woman and she left in her vehicle. The officer filed a capias request for a potential misdemeanor charge against the woman.
Aug. 11, 100 block of 36th Street, domestic battery. An officer responded to reports of a disturbance and found a woman who said her boyfriend got upset while she was on the phone and pulled it away. She said he pushed her onto a bed but left when he heard she was talking to police. The officer found the man, who was arrested for domestic battery. He was transported to the Manatee County jail.
Aug. 13, 100 block of 52nd Street, marijuana. An officer found a vehicle parked at a beach access around 3 a.m. and approached it to find two people in the back seat. The officer smelled marijuana. When backup arrived, police searched the vehicle and found marijuana and an open bottle of wine. One of the two occupants admitted ownership of both substances. The officers issued citations to one man and the pair left the area in an Uber.
The HBPD polices the city.
Streetlife is based on reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.