- August 11, 2026
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11:19 p.m., Longboat Drive
Trespassing: A Longboat police officer was dispatched to a north-end neighborhood after a homeowner called 911 to report a burglary. The caller stated he saw two men enter into his gated property and he caught the trespass on camera. When the officer arrived, he entered the front gate with his firearm drawn “to clear the residence,” according to a police report. As the officer surveyed the property he heard a male voice from the backyard. The officer went toward the voice and told the two people in the backyard to put their hands up. The two suspects holding fishing poles complied and the officer holstered his weapon. The trespassers told the officer the contractor of the under construction house told the two the property owner gave them permission to fish at night. The officer reached the homeowner by phone, and he said he gave no such permission and wanted the two verbally trespassed from the property. The officer trespassed the fishermen and closed the case.
12:46 p.m., Putter Lane
Family disturbance: A woman in the midst of a possible breakup of a 14-year relationship called police from afar when her fiance’s father went to the couple’s house. Police responded to the house and knocked on the door, which was answered by the hopeful groom’s father who said he had sold the house to his son. He told the responding officer that he was there to help oversee some workers disassemble and move a pool table. The officer called the complainant, who described a 50/50 ownership of the property between her and her fiance. She said she and her fiance were out of state and she wanted her fiance’s father off the property because she believed he was removing her property from the house. The officer advised the woman that this was a civil matter and advised her to call a lawyer. He then provided a case number for a report of the incident and closed the case.
6:04 p.m., Yawl Lane
Suspicious person: A woman gardening in her front yard called police about an hour after she spoke with a person who approached her and requested some water. At the time, the gardener gave the stranger a bottle of water, but called police later because she was concerned the person may have went inside a home under construction across the street. The officer visited the scene and was shown a doorbell-captured image of the person. He then surveyed the area and found the person who identified himself by name, but did not have any identification. The man told the officer he was born March 9, 2020, but then changed his story to say he was born March 22, 2020. A search of the name in police databases came up with no results, and the man (or boy) then fled the scene. With no crime committed other than providing police with a possibly fake birthday, the officer closed the case.
10:35 p.m., 800 Broadway St.
Suspicious Incident: A man who valet parked his truck and dined at a restaurant called police to report what he suspected was fuel being siphoned from his vehicle while he ate. When police arrived, they spoke with the man who said when he pulled up to the restaurant, his fuel gauge showed his tank was 3/4 full, but when he retrieved his vehicle it was below the E line. He said he did not believe his vehicle was leaking fuel, and the officer surveyed underneath the vehicle and did not see evidence of a leak. Video footage was pulled up, but the man said he did not have time to wait around, and left his truck to be on his way. Police followed up the next day and spoke with the restaurant manager, who reviewed the footage with the officer. The truck was in frame of surveillance cameras the entire time, and no siphoning was seen. Police called the man who said he picked up his truck and filled it up with $118.80 of diesel fuel and made it back to his home in Gainesville. Police determined no crime occurred and closed the case.
