- May 12, 2026
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11:43 p.m., Longboat Pass Bridge
Suspicious incident: The characters were a fisherman, some police officers, a boater and someone named Crystal. The conflict? A fishing lure thrown from the bridge toward a passing boat. Longboat police responded to the scene after Bradenton Beach police reported the incident to dispatchers. The Longboat officer responded to the Coquina Beach boat ramp to meet Crystal and Bradenton police officers. That’s where the thrower and boater were supposedly set to meet to settle their differences. Nobody was at the meetup spot, and after interviewing the bridgetender and others on the bridge, the officer determined no crime had occurred in Longboat Key town limits, and closed the case.
10:30 p.m., 5757 Gulf of Mexico Drive
Suspicious incident: A Longboat police officer was dispatched to the beach to investigate a report of a group of four to five people walking on the beach holding flashlights, which would violate the town’s marine turtle protection ordinance. When the officer arrived on the beach, he easily identified the perpetrators, a group of women who told the officer they were from out of state and did not know about turtle nesting season. The group of visitors apologized to the officer, turned their flashlights off and police closed the case.
1:48 a.m., 700 Gulf of Mexico Drive
Citizen assist: During a heavy thunderstorm early Sunday morning, a woman flagged down a police officer, who then alerted another officer of the pedestrian in need. When the second officer arrived, the woman told him that she was not injured, but was in need of a ride home to Wimauma. The officer said he could not drive her that far (a 46-mile trip), but could provide a courtesy transport to a gas station in Bradenton. The woman gratefully accepted the ride, gave Officer Uber a five-star review and police closed the case.
12:59 p.m., Linley Street
Civil disturbance: Neighbors got into it over a fence extension project, prompting a visit from police. When the officer arrived, the two neighbors had been separated, and the officer listened to the accounts of the feuding neighbors one at a time. The neighbor who had recently contracted with a company to extend her fence, said an ongoing disagreement escalated into a verbal dispute when she saw her neighbor taking a photo of her fence. The disagreement, you guessed it, were about property lines. The fence-extender told police that her neighbor threatened to have the fence removed and that trash had been put in her yard by her neighbor. The officer surveyed the scene and saw a small block engine in the area. The other woman, when interviewed by police, said her neighbor had become argumentative when she tried to tell her that the new portion of her fence extended onto her property line. After the officer defused the situation, he informed them the best entity to deal with the dispute was the zoning department. With no physical altercation taking place, the officer closed the case.
4:35 p.m., 525 Bay Isles Pkwy.
Citizen assist: Police were flagged down after a group of captivated onlookers became concerned when a family of swans were lingering in the middle of the road. The officer observed the swans blocking traffic and proceeded to usher the family across the road safely. The case was then closed.
8:14 p.m., Saint Judes Drive
Citizen assist: Police responded to a reported burglary in progress and instead stumbled upon a family calmly eating dinner together at their vacation rental property. Police spoke to one of the guests who shared a VRBO receipt and correspondence with the property owner. The police called the owner who said he looked at the property’s surveillance camera and panicked when he saw people inside the residence. He told the officer he looked at the calendar wrong and didn’t think people should be there. He apologized to the officer, and then to the guest, and the officer closed the case.
