- December 4, 2025
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12:32 a.m., 200 block of Broadway Street
Suspicious vehicle: Police observed a vehicle parked after hours at a beach access, prompting the officer to find the driver of the vehicle. When the officer was walking down the beach access, he ran into a couple who were hastily getting dressed while walking. Both the man and the woman were shoving items into their pockets they were trying to hide and told the officer they were just having sex on the beach (not the drink). Police asked both of them to remove their hands from their pockets. The couple complied, revealing their clenched fists holding their respective underwear. The woman said they were in town for a friend’s birthday and just wanted to fool around on the beach. Police issued a parking citation.
2:09 p.m., 2377 Gulf of Mexico Drive
Property damage: A driver was traveling north on Gulf of Mexico Drive at the same time a golfer hit a wicked slice, prompting police to be called. The driver told officers she heard a loud pop and a golf-ball-sized break in her windshield. She yelled out to a group of golfers who told the driver “go to the clubhouse and they will take care of it.” She said the golfers were rude to her and would not give their names. The clubhouse advised her to file a police report. The report was filed, the driver and clubhouse staff worked on the issue and the case was closed.
3:46 p.m., 3464 Mistletoe Lane
Suspicious person: Police were called when a neighbor witnessed a man “stumbling around” a white truck. Police made contact with the stumbling man who said he had hurt his foot and was limping but did not require medical assistance. Police closed the case.
8:54 a.m., 1050 Longboat Club Road
Civil disturbance: Police were called to the front office of a condominium complex after maintenance workers attempted to gain entry to a closet on a resident’s property. The resident said she was not notified and did not know why maintenance needed access to her closet. The conversation between condo staff and the resident escalated, prompting the call to police who responded and advised the two that this was an HOA matter, not a police matter.
9:02 p.m., 490 North Shore Road
Animal problem: The police were called when a resident said a worker told her there was a sick raccoon in her neighbor’s open garage. Police arrived and searched the premises, but the under-the-weather raccoon had left beforehand. The case was closed.
1:04 p.m., 3760 Gulf of Mexico Drive
Suspicious boat: A barge recently crashed into a private dock at a Gulf of Mexico Drive home prompting police to respond and investigate the captainless vessel. The woman who reported the incident said nobody knew who the barge belonged to and that the dock had been damaged. A registration search showed that the vessel belonged to a seawall construction company with worrying Google reviews. Both numbers listed for the business went straight to voicemail.
LKPD advised the resident to report the incident to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission who could retrieve the derelict vessel.
9: 15 a.m., 3170 Gulf of Mexico Drive
Citizen assist: A local business owner went through a rigamarole after setting up a mobile coffee stand in the parking lot of a swimwear store on Gulf of Mexico Drive.
Police stopped and made contact with the owner of the coffee business, who said she had been invited to operate in the parking lot of the swimwear store by the business owner. The coffee shop owner said she had been in contact with the town and believed that she was in compliance with code to set up shop. During the conversation with police, a code enforcement officer arrived and said that as far as code enforcement was concerned, the business was operating legally aside from having been issued a permit which was a police matter.
The responding police officer said he could not issue a permit himself but went to LKPD headquarters to inquire how the business owner could have one issued. When he arrived, the front desk officer advised that a captain said they could not issue the business owner a permit because the department is not legally allowed to accept money or run a criminal background check without a valid reason for non-criminal matters. The officer called the captain who confirmed this and said the ordinance for permits is dated and likely needs to be updated. The town attorney was consulted on how to revise the ordinance.
Eventually, police decided to allow the brewer to continue selling coffee from her trailer.
