Anna Maria
May 12, 800 block of North Shore Drive, larceny. A complainant reported the theft of a concrete mixer. An incident report was filed.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office polices Anna Maria.
Bradenton Beach
May 8, Gulf Drive Cafe/Coconut Hut, 900 Gulf Drive N., trespass. Two women trying to fight the manager were trespassed from the property.
The Bradenton Beach Police Department polices Bradenton Beach.
Cortez
No new reports.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
May 8, Martinique South, 5200 Gulf Drive, larceny. A Holmes Beach police officer responded to reports of a stolen shrub. The officer took photos.
May 8, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, suspicious circumstances. An officer responded to the beach in reference to a person watching people using outdoor showers. A woman said a friend confronted a man who appeared to be videotaping her son while he was showering. The officer searched for the subject or his vehicle to no avail, but the city’s license plate recognition system found the vehicle traveling eastbound on State Road 64. The officer sent a be-on-the-lookout order.
May 9, 200 block of 35th Street, marijuana/paraphernalia. An officer located a motorist pinged by the city’s license plate recognition system and conducted a traffic stop. The officer smelled marijuana and the passenger said he had smoked despite not having a medical marijuana license. During a search, police found a bag containing 7.2 grams of marijuana and a grinder under the passenger’s seat. The officer issued court summons to the passenger, and multiple traffic citations to both.
May 9, Freckled Fin Irish Pub, 5337 Gulf Drive, battery. An officer responded to a fight and spoke with the complainant, who said a woman smacked him and his friends but they declined to pursue charges. The officer found the woman, who said she was upset because one of the men made a racist comment.
May 10, 7500 block of Manatee Avenue West, assisting law enforcement. Two HBPD officers responded to assist the Bradenton Police Department with a man who had led a car chase across the island and back into Bradenton before fleeing on foot. One of the officers found a BPD officer holding the suspect at gunpoint and assisted in his arrest.
May 10, 2900 block of Avenue E, domestic battery. A complainant reported seeing a man and woman get into a physical argument. The complainant said the man pushed the woman multiple times. The man said they got into an argument outside and he tried to move it inside by hugging the woman. He denied otherwise being physical. The woman also said nothing physical happened and declined to press charges. The officer arrested the man based on the complainant’s report and informed the Department of Children and Families since children were present.
HBPD polices Holmes Beach.