- December 5, 2025
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2:38 a.m., 200 block of John Ringling Causeway
Assault: Flagged down by a bystander to check on the welfare of a woman who appeared to be in distress, the victim advised that two men touched her inappropriately during an interaction.
The bystander was passing by when he said he saw the victim run into Bird Key Park. Canvassing the area, an officer found the woman sitting on the ground with no shoes, wearing soiled clothing and crying uncontrollably. Upon inquiring as to the nature of her emotional state, the woman repeatedly stated,“You won’t believe me,” adding, “I shouldn’t have even been here.”
Unable to maintain a conversation, the victim did manage to blurt out, “They were helping me look for my keys.” Why she could not locate her keys at 2:30 in the morning in a city park was not explained in the incident report. The “they” in question are two males she believed to be teenagers who, at some point during the key hunt, made unwanted advances. The two then entered an unknown vehicle and left the scene. She added she attempted to cross the bridge to seek help before retreating back to the park.
The woman was able to provide a description of only one of the two subjects, said she was embarrassed by the whole thing and simply wanted to go home. She was provided with a victim’s brochure.
1 p.m., 2500 block of Main Street
Larceny: The owner of a company that collects used cooking oil from restaurants for recycling reported that 110 gallons of the product were removed from a container behind one Main Street restaurant and 80 from behind another. With a market value of approximately $4.50 per gallon, he told an officer the estimated loss is $855.
Both containers, he said, were emblazoned with appropriate signage and were secured by locks. Both the containers and locks were damaged during the theft, the victim stated, estimated at another $900.
The victim provided video of two males wearing high-visibility vests pumping the used oil into a white tanker truck. The SPD’s Crime Investigations Division is currently working on multiple previous, and possibly related, similar cases.
5:27 p.m., Main Street at Lemon Avenue
Disturbance: A male subject was behaving in disorderly fashion by yelling at passersby on the street. A responding officer spoke with the subject, who is known in the downtown area. A complainant advised the man has stumbled into a tree in an effort to keep himself upright and was yelling at people on Main Street.
An officer immediately smelled the heavy odor of alcohol and requested he leave the area and avoid further disruption. He admitted only to consuming a beer, but denied yelling at anyone. As he was compliantly vacating the area, though, he continued to scream and curse in the presence of people who, reads the incident report, “were trying to enjoy their Saturday afternoon in the city of Sarasota.”
The man was subsequently placed under arrest and charged with disorderly intoxication.
Further endearing himself to law enforcement while being booked, the subject threatened the officer with bodily harm, stating he was going to get a 4-inch blade and stab him in the neck and eye. He also stated he wished “pigs were shot.” A Sarasota County deputy witnessed those threats.
7:52 p.m., 1500 block of Main Street
Lewd and lascivious act: Having been refused bar service, a staff member of a downtown bar said an unruly patron who was “obviously drunk” pulled down his pants and exposed himself in all his glory before bending over and treating customers and staff to a full moon shot. Upon making contact with the complainant, he pointed to a man now nattily clad in salmon shorts and a multi-colored, button-down shirt, according to the incident report.
As an officer approached the subject, staff members said, “He just exposed himself to everyone.” With that probable cause, the man was detained in handcuffs as the investigation ensued. The subject responded by screaming at officers, hurling derogatory slurs and racial epithets, and just generally making a now fully clothed nuisance of himself.
The complainant explained he entered the bar behaving belligerently and requested an alcoholic beverage. He became irate after being refused service and was asked to vacate the premises. While being escorted to the door, he dropped his pants and put on the offending floor show.
The incident report reads, “The defendant did willfully and unlawfully expose himself in a public place, with no legitimate reason to do so.”
What legitimate reason there may be for such behavior is not known.
