Anna Maria
No new reports.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office polices Anna Maria.
Bradenton Beach
Dec. 13, 400 block of Church Avenue, Bradenton Beach Marina, burglary. Bradenton Beach police responded to the theft of equipment from a boat in dry dock. The officer issued a victim’s rights pamphlet and interviewed staff.
Dec. 14, 200 Gulf Drive N., The Beach House, fraud. Staff reported a customer ate a meal and after receiving a bill said he was experiencing chest pains and asked for an ambulance. The man was checked and cleared by emergency medical services and afterward was asked to pay his bill. He said he had no money. He was arrested for intent to defraud, transported to HCA Florida Blake in Bradenton and then to the Manatee County jail in Palmetto.
Dec. 18, 2400 block of Gulf Drive South, larceny. A person living on a boat in the bay reported the theft of an outboard motor. An officer filed a report and entered stolen property information with the Florida Crime Information Center.
The Bradenton Beach Police Department polices the city.
Cortez
No new reports.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
Dec. 18, Publix, 3900 E. Bay Drive, trespass warning. A Holmes Beach police officer responded to a trespassing complaint and found a man in a patch of bushes behind the store’s loading dock. The officer spoke to the man, who smelled of alcohol and had bottles of liquor nearby, but he was uncooperative. The officer spoke to a store manager, who verbally issued a trespass warning to the man while police supervised. The man left the area without issue.
HBPD polices Holmes Beach.
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