Anna Maria
No new reports.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office polices Anna Maria.
Bradenton Beach
March 24, 1801 Gulf Drive N., Runaway Bay, larceny. A complainant said someone took a bicycle from under a stairway. A Bradenton Beach police officer took a description of the bicycle and filed a report.
The BBPD polices Bradenton Beach.
Cortez
No new reports.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
March 23, 3900 block of Gulf Drive, disturbance/road rage. A Holmes Beach police officer responded to reports that someone had thrown an egg at a vehicle, which led to an angry exchange. A woman was stopped at Manatee Avenue and Gulf Drive when her driver’s door was struck with the egg. She did not see who threw the egg, but chased the only other motorist in the vicinity, who had been stopped by Bradenton Beach police. A passenger in the other vehicle admitted to throwing the egg. An officer warned the egg thrower.
March 23, 3800 block of East Bay Drive, stolen bicycles. A man said two bikes secured with locks went missing while the riders were at a bar. One bike was found the next day.
March 24, 300 block of 63rd Street, domestic battery. Officers responded to a caller reporting they saw someone drag another person into a house. One officer spoke with a man who said he had gotten into an argument with his brother that escalated into a physical altercation. An officer arrested the brother who reportedly began the physical altercation.
March 24, Seaside Beach House, 102 68th St., criminal mischief. A complainant said she had accidentally parked in a reserved space at her rental unit and then found the vehicle was keyed. The officer documented the damage.
March 24, Mobil, 3015 Gulf Drive, missing person/suspicious circumstance. An officer met with three women who reported their friend as a missing person. They said she was intoxicated and had not been seen after entering the gas station. A resident called the police to report they had found the woman in a parking lot of the Grassy Point Preserve. The woman said she had heard a kid crying in the park and went to help but hurt her bare feet on shell paths. The officer called for Manatee County Emergency Medical Services, which transported the woman to the HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton.
March 25, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, trespass. An officer found a man lying on a bus bench around 8:45 p.m. and recognized him as a person who had been trespassed from the property. The officer woke the man and placed him under arrest for trespassing.
March 26, HBPD, 5801 Marina Drive, potential fraud. A woman reported suspicious activity involving a reservation for a rental property. She said a man booked a reservation but provided a check for more than the stated cost. She said he asked her to return the excess funds by check. She found that suspicious and stopped speaking with the man, then reported the matter to the police. She provided the man’s check to an officer, who placed it in storage.
HBPD polices Holmes Beach.
Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.