- June 15, 2025
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9:35 p.m., 700 block of Broadway Street
Noise Disturbance: Officers were dispatched to a report of loud noise being played in the neighborhood. At the scene, the officers located three buses in the area and heard music coming from a local establishment. One officer spoke with one DJ at the wedding party. The DJ said the party would end at 10 p.m. and closed the sliding glass doors of the building to lessen the noise disturbance.
4:08 p.m., 4700 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive
Citizen Assist: A concerned citizen reported two women who appeared to be juveniles and were acting intoxicated on the beach. Upon arrival, the responding officer located the pair walking with a man. The officer noted in the report the two women appeared to be under the influence, but the officer confirmed they were both of legal drinking age. No one in the party had alcoholic beverages, and the group claimed they drank before heading to the beach. Everything checked out and no crime was observed, so the officer’s job was done.
5:27 p.m., 600 block of Cedar Street
Suspicious Vehicle: Dispatch sent officers to check out a suspicious vehicle parked on the caller’s vacant lot. The officers checked the van’s plate to ensure there were no warrants, and the vehicle wasn’t stolen. The caller said he was concerned because the house next to the lot is vacant and worried someone might have broken into it. The officers walked around the vacant house and observed that the windows and doors were secure.
9:16 a.m., 500 block of Channel Lane
Citizen Assist: A Longboat Key officer responded to a potential theft call. At the scene, the officer met with the complainant. She said she met someone on Facebook Marketplace, and the person on Facebook was supposed to buy the complainant’s bed frame for $100. Their availability did not line up, so they arranged that two men would pick up the bed frame and leave the cash at the house. The complainant said the bed frame was gone and there was no money, so she wanted the officer to mediate the dispute and collect the debt.
This led the officer to call the buyer, who said she does not drive and had to send the hired help to pick up the bed frame. According to her, the hired contractors were uncomfortable leaving the cash behind, but the woman intended to get the complainant the money. She said the complainant immediately called her a fraud, which hindered their conversation before the officer was called. The officer worked out an arrangement for the two to meet at the Sarasota Police Department the following day to exchange the cash.
3:38 p.m., 500 block of Saint Judes Drive
Suspicious Incident: A citizen called Longboat Key police to report a suspicious incident at a nearby residence. About a foot away from the road, the officer found six knives stabbed in the ground. The incident did not appear to be criminal, according to the officer’s report. The officer collected the knives to dispose of them and maintain resident safety. How or why the knives appeared in the ground was unclear.
