- July 15, 2025
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11:30 p.m., 200 block of Sands Point Road
Lost/Found Property: Dispatch sent a Longboat Key officer to investigate some property found by a staff member at a local restaurant. At the scene, the officer met with the manager, who said they found a brown wallet with credit cards and a small, clear plastic bag containing a white substance she believed to be cocaine. The officer identified the wallet owner by the driver’s license and discovered the owner was staying at the resort. The staff and the police officer went to the man’s room and returned his wallet, but he claimed the white substance was not his. The substance was taken by the officer to be disposed of properly.
3:58 p.m., 6400 block of Gulfside Road
Trespassing: A homeowner called the police to report that four to five people were trespassing on her property to get to the beach. While en route, the responding officer spoke to the homeowner on the phone. She was not at home because of severe damage from last year’s hurricanes, but neighbors alerted her to people using her driveway to access the beach. Upon arrival, the officer spotted multiple vehicles parked in the caller’s driveway and tracks leading from the vehicles to a group of people on the beach. The beachgoers said they did not have permission to park at the residence and admitted they parked there because they thought the house was condemned and it wouldn’t be an issue. After confirming no one in the party had an active warrant, the officer asked the homeowner how she would like to proceed, and she said she simply wanted them to leave. The beachgoers complied and avoided a formal trespass warning.
2:22 p.m., 6900 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive
Illegal Parking: A concerned citizen called the police about a parking lot filled with 80 vehicles, which the caller claimed were illegally parked. The officer advised the complainant that the lot is privately owned, therefore the police do not have the authority to enforce parking in the lot.
7:21 p.m., 2800 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive
Suspicious Person: After a resident called to report a suspicious person, the responding officer met with the caller, who said he had watched someone fall and stumble to her vehicle, and he believed she was impaired. The officer found the suspicious person who was not showing any signs of impairment, according to the officer. She said she was there to watch the sunset, and the officer let her go on her way.
3:10 p.m., La Lenaire Drive
Marine Rescue: Officers on marine patrol noticed a man being swept out by a strong current near the Longboat Pass Bridge. The officers reached the man in seconds and pulled him onto the marine patrol vessel. He said he was very tired from trying to swim through the current, and he couldn't get back to his vessel, which was more than 100 yards away. The officers returned him to his vessel before responding to a vessel in distress nearby.
4:54 p.m., 1400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive
Welfare Check: A man called the police to request a welfare check of a woman with whom he had been a longtime friend and had not heard from in a while. He said he didn’t believe she was in any danger, but it was unusual for her not to respond to him. Upon arrival at the woman’s house, the officer was greeted by the woman in question, who was surprised to see an officer. She said she was fine and just hadn’t reached out to the friend in a while.
