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Dr. Strangelove sighting 9:53 a.m. - 1600 block of Main Street. Road Hazard. A man in an electric wheelchair was driving down the middle of Main Street.

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8:06 a.m. - 6400 block of Gulfside Road. Suspicious Person. Police awoke a man and sent him on his way after they found him sleeping in the bushes.

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Dead on arrival? 11:06 p.m. - 4000 block of North Tamiami Trail. Suspicious Person. A man was found lying on the front doorway of a funeral home. No, he was not a delivery. He was just loitering and was asked to leave.

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8 p.m. - 5100 block of Caruso Road. Grand theft of a golf cart. Unknown person(s) stole the victim's golf cart during the night and fled in an unknown direction. The cart was parked next to the mobile home under the carport.

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