- June 24, 2026
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9:58 p.m., 100 block of Central Avenue
Disturbance: When an officer arrived at the location of a dispute call he observed a woman sitting on the floor of her residence unable to stand up. The woman’s husband told an officer she had been drinking, fell and bumped her head. He said she arrived home intoxicated and when she went into the bathroom he believed she fell in there as well.
Further, he told officers after she came out of the bathroom she tried to sit in a recliner, missed the chair and fell onto the floor, which is when he called 911. An officer observed the woman attempt to stand up twice, but could not. She also repeated non-relevant phrases and evaded questions she was asked by an officer. Once EMS responded, officers cleared the scene.
11:06 p.m., 200 block of Benjamin Franklin Drive
Disturbance: A female subject was embroiled in a verbal argument with hotel staff, which began when a security officer approached her in the parking lot and asked if she needed assistance as she appeared to be looking for something.
The security guard said the woman immediately became aggressive and was yelling at him, noting for effect she “pays $300 a night to stay here,” according to the incident report. Management elected to contact law enforcement because she was not calming down.
The woman told an officer she was at the beach with another female and they had lost the key to the car they drove there, which is what she was looking for in the parking lot, and that she became frightened with the guard approached her as he was not in uniform. Naturally, this turn of events prompted her to call the man a “cracker.”
As it turned out, she wasn’t paying $300 per night to stay at the hotel because they were not registered guests and were parked there illegally.
She was advised via the officer by the night manager that the day shift manager would likely give the two women 24 hours to move the vehicle or it will be towed, and they wanted the woman trespassed from the location. Not able to locate the missing key, they arranged for a ride to pick them up. How she might retrieve the vehicle should she find the key while being trespassed is another problem for another day.
3:06 a.m., West Cornelius Circle
Criminal mischief: An officer was contacted by the police chief requesting assistance in identifying a suspect vehicle that caused several thousand dollars’ worth of damage to Eastwood Park. A video obtained from a nearby residence showed a pickup truck entering the park area at around 3 a.m. and spinning “doughnuts,” damaging the grass.
Additional camera footage was obtained from the surrounding area and along possible travel routes from Eastwood Park. Cameras along Fruitville Road were examined, and a pickup truck resembling that which was filmed in the park captured.
A registration inquiry revealed the vehicle was registered to an address in Zolfo Springs. Contacted by phone, the owner was cooperative and advised his 18-year-old son was operating the vehicle at the time and that he had just been arrested on unrelated charges and was incarcerated in Hardy County Jail.
He accepted responsibility for the damages caused by his son’s actions and stated he would cooperate with the city regarding restitution. An officer advised the man his son could face charges for criminal mischief if a satisfactory agreement on restitution was not reached.
