Woman scorned breaks up by breaking up boyfriend's property

Tuesday, Jan. 6

Hot pursuit

2:14 p.m., Adams Lane at East Boulevard

Suspicious incident: A complainant was contacted by an officer regarding her complaint of being followed by a man in another vehicle. She stated she was stopped at traffic light at South Tamiami Trail and Glengary Street when an older model silver sedan pulled up next to her driven by a white male estimated at around age 60. 

She said he stared at her in a “creepy manner,” according to the incident report. They became separated in traffic after the light turned green, but he managed to re-establish contact and followed her throughout a nearby neighborhood. She eventually drove to the area around Sarasota Police Department headquarters and the man discontinued his alleged pursuit. 

The complainant was unable to provide a license plate number. An officer checked the area to no avail for a vehicle matching her description.

Thursday, Jan. 8

Not denied entry

10:45 a.m., 2800 block of Ringling Boulevard

Civil dispute: Having received a 911 call for assistance, a responding officer met the complainant who said his landlord prevented him from entering his business. At the door, the man showed the officer a posted note that notified him that his lease will expire at the end of the month. 

The man asked the officer if he was still permitted to enter the leased space and, reads the report, “I told him he could always go inside.”

Breaking up breakup

8:30 p.m., 1600 block of Second Street

Property damage: Two officers responded to an apartment complex regarding a battery complaint, but instead found a woman had destroyed multiple pieces of personal property belonging to her likely now ex-boyfriend.

Dispatch had received calls from two complainants stating a female was screaming and breaking glass near the pool area. The officers observed a rear window to the apartment had been broken and the door was ajar. 

One officer knocked on the front door when the woman appeared and was ordered to remain in place while the apartment was searched. Another officer observed a painting knocked down from a wall, a printer smashed on the floor, a computer screen shattered and a laptop having been tossed out of the window to the ground three floors below. 

The woman’s fingers were observed to have a mix of fresh and dried blood. Justifying her actions, the woman said she had been dating the victim since September 2025, having met on a dating app. On this night, she said she was looking through his phone and discovered, as the report reads, he was “talking to a lot of women” on another well-known dating app. Unable to confront him about his alleged cheating because he was not present at the time, she instead channeled her emotional immaturity to destroying his property with an emphasis on his electronics.

While officers were speaking with the woman, the man arrived, shocked to see the damage. He said he was at a store when the woman texted him photos of her bloody fingers. Worried about her safety, he said, he rushed home to find officers present, property damaged and woman detained. 

The subject was read her rights on-site and placed under arrest. The victim said he wished to press charges for the damage, which he estimated valued at more than $6,000. In addition to the previously listed items, also destroyed are two computer monitors, one mouse and keyboard, one set of headphones and one pair of ear buds.