Man's dreadlocks cut goes unresolved

Monday, Oct. 21

Lending kayak thief a kayak

2:16 p.m., 700 John Ringling Boulevard

Suspicious person: Officers met with a security manager at Plymouth Harbor who pointed out a man walking out of the water onto the property. The subject had explained to security personnel his friend had asked to borrow his kayak to look for a floating wooden float he had dropped in the water west of the location.

He said he had returned to look for the kayak borrower because he had not arrived with the kayak and he had to leave to pick up his son. The men, he said, had known each other for 50 years and, when asked if the suspect had been previously arrested responded, he “was possibly going to prison for theft of kayaks.”

Upon contact with the float hunter, a warrant check confirmed an active misdemeanor warrant with the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, and he was subsequently taken into custody. Consistent with the kayak owner’s story, the warrant was indeed for theft of kayaks.

A dreaded haircut

3:20 a.m., 2000 block of Cocoanut Avenue

Disturbance: A woman told a responding officer she had been awaken by her cousin, whom she said she believed to have used methamphetamine. At that, two officers entered the residence and made contact with the cousin, who was located in the living room holding several pieces of his own dreadlocks and appearing bewildered by the turn of events.

He stated he had awaken in his bedroom and discovered pieces of his hair inside his backpack, saying he believed his cousin had cut his hair in an effort to make him “sound crazy.”

A risk assessment of the dread-shorn man revealed he did not meet criteria for either the Baker Act or Marchman Act. Both parties agreed to separate within the residence for the remainder of the night and avoid further contact with each other. Whether the man or his cousin engaged in amateur barbering was not determined. 

Wednesday, Oct. 22

Motorcycle damaged in apartment parking lot

1:45 p.m., 2200 block of Ringling Boulevard

Criminal mischief: In the parking lot of an apartment community, a couple’s CFMoto 675SS, a new model middleweight sport bike, had been knocked over, causing the kickstand to break off and leaving extensive damage to the left side of the motorcycle.

Asked if the apartment had any video of the incident, they said management would not investigate it until a generation of a case number. The police told the victims they would continue the investigation after the video became available. They estimated the damage to the motorcycle at $5,000 to $7,000. According to the CFMoto website, the manufacturer’s suggested retail price of the 675SS model starts at $7,999.