Cops Corner: Sarasota 05.26.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

By Observer Staff
| 5:59 a.m. May 26, 2016

Sarasota
Cops Corner

May 18

CALL FOR HELP
6 p.m. — 1600 block of North Washington Boulevard
Dispute: Officers responded to a cell phone store regarding a dispute between the owner and a customer. The customer said the owner took his cell phone and was refusing to give it back. The owner had agreed to activate the cell phone while the customer went to the bank and got money. The customer realized he did not have the money necessary and returned to the store, where the owner had already activated the phone. As a result, the owner said he wouldn't give back the phone until he got paid. After speaking to an officer, the owner of the store agreed to return the phone without further incident.

May 19

WEATHER ALERT
1:27 p.m. — 900 block of Myrtle Street
Suspicion: Officers received an anonymous complaint about a suspicious person that was attempting to enter a home through the window. An officer spoke with the person, who explained that he was installing a weather seal on the window for renter of the home. The person renting the home confirmed that the suspect had been hired to install the weather seal on the window.

LONG DISTANCE CALL
1:56 p.m. — 3100 block of North Tamiami Trail
Dispute: A customer purchased a phone and service plan from a cell phone store, and said an employee at the store assured him he would be able to make free, unlimited calls to cell phones in India. The man eventually discovered that he was unable to make those calls. Officers spoke to an employee at the store, who explained that the plan was set up to make calls to landlines in India only. The man did not want to make any changes to his account, and did not want to speak to technical support about resolving the issue.

HOSED
7:30 p.m. — 2900 block of Novus Street
Suspicion: A man reported that someone went into his backyard and turned his hose on. The water eventually flooded his side yard, he told officers. The man said he was home the entire time that the incident happened, but he did not see anyone in the area and was unaware of any possible suspects.