- July 15, 2025
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3 p.m. 3700 block of Colorado Street
Criminal mischief: For the second time, a woman noticed one of her headlights missing from her vehicle, although she did not report the first disappearance.
The complainant told an officer she was uncertain whether, in the first incident, the headlight was stolen or fell off on its own. She said she paid $100 for a new headlight and her brother-in-law provided the installation. As for the second disappearance, she was uncertain when it occurred.
With no video evidence available, the complainant was advised to install a camera at her home in order to deter any further such incidents.
6:30 a.m., 700 block of John Ringling Boulevard
Burglary: A witness arrived at a condo association clubhouse to find a rear sliding door left ajar and an expended fire extinguisher lying on the floor of the building. In addition, most of the pool furniture had been tossed into the swimming pool adjacent to the clubhouse. Another witness advised hearing some commotion at approximately 10:30 the night prior, but did not see any issues in the area.
Upon arrival, the complainant saw the open door and spent material from the fire extinguisher covering the entire area. With no evidence of forced entry discovered, the officer believes the subject entered through the opened slider. A partial fingerprint was lifted from the handle of the fire extinguisher and was submitted for processing.
There was no video evidence available, and no known suspect at the time of the report. The complainant requested prosecution if an arrest is made.
6 p.m., 1900 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Lewd and lascivious act: After being informed the business outside of which he was loitering was closed and asked to leave the premises, a man inexplicably responded by exposing all of himself to anyone and everyone who was in the area.
A complainant said when she told the man the business was not yet open, he became irate and a verbal altercation ensued. The man then began running back and forth along the sidewalk, yelling at multiple people, then stopped in the middle of the street, pulled down his shorts and displayed all of himself, yelling “Call the cops!”
As the complainant complied with his request, the man ran northbound.
An officer then spoke with another victim of the mid-street striptease who observed the man remove his shirt and throw it, followed by his shorts with intent to expose himself to him. The same officer also spoke with two juvenile victims who confirmed the other witnesses’ accounts of the incident.
There was no video evidence available, but the grandmother of the two juvenile victims said she would be able to identify him in a lineup, presumably fully clothed. The man’s wallet was left behind and he was identified, but a canvass of the area was unsuccessful. The case was forwarded to the Criminal Investigations Division for further investigation.
10:27 p.m., intersection of Main Street and Central Avenue
Fight: Two patrons drinking together at a downtown establishment got into a fight over coins being scooped from a fountain. The victim said the other man began “running his mouth toward him” and eventually head-butted him. The victim then fought back, causing a laceration above his assailant’s left eyebrow.
The incident started, the head-butted man said, when he was grabbing change out of a fountain when his drinking partner became upset and attempted to push him into the fountain because he was “taking kids’ wishes.”
A nearby witness made no mention of the coin-gathering allegation but did confirm the man who head-butted the other started the fight, but was quickly dispatched as he was “beaten up” in return. The case was considered mutual combat and no further action was taken.
