Impaired man not sure how he got to downtown Sarasota

Friday, May 9

Total non-recall

11:38 p.m., 300 block of Bayfront Drive

Dispute: Officers responded to a call regarding a loud argument emanating from inside a parked vehicle at Bayfront Park. The witness advised the vehicle pulled into the parking lot as an unpleasant-sounding exchange of words continued. 

Having separated the pair, an officer spoke with the man who stated while returning from the beach an argument began regarding his girlfriend’s missing phone. After learning from an officer who was speaking with the woman about scratches on her legs, the man informed that his dog caused those. Otherwise vague in his responses to officers’ questioning, he said the two had been dating for two months.

The woman confirmed the argument was about the phone but was otherwise “standoffish” toward the officers, according to the incident report. As for the scratches, she said they were self-inflicted.

Officers determined neither were suited to drive because of their level of intoxication. The woman’s brother arrived to take her back to his home while the man hailed an Uber transport to his residence.

As an addendum to the report, the woman and her brother returned to the scene to tell officers the phone had not been lost, but rather her boyfriend tossed her phone from the car and was later located by her brother. However, the report reads she was “quite intoxicated” and her statements about what really happened with the phone were inconsistent. Her brother told officers he would take care of her for the remainder of the night.

Sunday, May 11

Not where he thought he was

1:12 a.m., 1500 block of Main Street

Impaired person: A man was sitting his a chair with his head face down on the table when an officer arrived to assess his health and well-being. Another officer who had previously arrived on the scene advised the man had just regurgitated “all over the sidewalk” according to the incident report. 

The man was asked if he had been with someone previously, responding he had been taking in the downtown nightlife with his father and a friend. Attempts to contact his father were unsuccessful. Unable to stand without assistance, the man said he thought he was on Siesta Key. Whether he actually had been on Siesta Key earlier in the evening — and if he was how he came to be outside a pub in downtown Sarasota abandoned by his companions, presuming there actually was someone with him — was not determined.

Given his condition, the man was transported to Sarasota Memorial Hospital and admitted under the Marchman Act. 

Tuesday, May 13

Nothing to see here

1:11 p.m. 200 block of South Palm Avenue

Dispute: Responding to a call from a complainant regarding a dispute between two residents in a condo tower lobby, officers first encountered a concierge who informed him there was nothing with which they need be concerned. 

The complainant, a woman, told a different story, explaining when a man was speaking with the concierge at the front desk, she admittedly stood too close to them, causing the man to lash out and call her rude. She said because of the man’s stature and how loudly he spoke to her, she felt threatened and called law enforcement. After previously stating there was nothing to see here, the concierge admitted to officers the incident was the latest in “an ongoing thing” between the two residents who live eight floors apart.

The officers advised the woman to avoid encounters with the man, to which she agreed. They also went to the man’s unit but received no answer at the door and no further action was taken.