Anna Maria
No new reports.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office polices the city.
Bradenton Beach
June 6, 500 block of Gulf Drive, burglary. A complainant said a man in a ski mask attempted to break into a vehicle. The man fled on a bicycle but a suspect was apprehended by Bradenton Beach police officers. He was arrested and taken to the Manatee County jail in Palmetto for alleged attempted burglary to a conveyance.
The BBPD polices the city.
Cortez
No new reports.
The MCSO polices the village.
Holmes Beach
June 4, 200 block of North Harbor Drive, marijuana. A Holmes Beach police officer responded to reports of a suspicious vehicle and found a pickup truck with three juveniles in the back, parked with the tires on a roadway, a violation of city code. The officer also smelled the odor of marijuana and found a burnt marijuana cigarette and a plastic container with 6.7 grams of marijuana. The officer contacted the juveniles’ guardians.
June 7, Prime Vacation Rentals, 303 56th St., recovered firearm. A firearm was found in an empty vacation rental property. An officer contacted a previous lodger, who admitted to forgetting to pack his firearm.
June 7, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, domestic battery. An officer responded to reports of a man hitting a woman in the face at the beach. The couple denied anything physical happened and declined treatment. Two witnesses completed written affidavits stating they saw the man head-butt the woman.
June 8, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, grand theft. A woman said a pair of cellphones and $200 was stolen from her backpack while she was at a bus stop. She said a man came up to her and rummaged through her bag. She said she confronted the man, who jumped on a trolley. The officer drove the woman to the causeway, where she pointed to a man she claimed went through her bag. The officer searched the man but did not find the items.
June 9, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, trespass. A woman who locked herself in the public bathroom was causing a disturbance. An officer knocked on the bathroom door and heard the woman inside screaming incoherently. Maintenance staff provided a key, allowing the officer to enter and trespass the woman from the property.
June 11, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, suspicious vehicle. Two officers responded to reports of a suspicious vehicle and found it with its lights on and a person asleep inside. The officers woke the driver, who was lethargic and unresponsive. EMS transported the man to the HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton. Inside the vehicle, officers found a plastic bag containing a white powdery substance. The officers field-tested the substance, but the results were inconclusive.
HBPD polices Holmes Beach.
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