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Longboat Key Cops Corner: A truck but no driver

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  • May 4, 2020
Cops Corner: Good to go

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  • April 28, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Yarrr, this boat launchin' ramp be open?

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  • April 22, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: This dog has his own set of wheels

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  • April 14, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Double points

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  • April 7, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A bottle of trouble

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • March 31, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Night swimming . . . or not

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  • March 24, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Tree-trunk travel delays

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  • March 18, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Loud guy in a truck

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • March 10, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: That needs to be fixed

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • March 3, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Trying to stay gold

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • February 25, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: It's breakfast time, right?

Police reports from around the island.

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  • February 19, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Sliding into a more secure home

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • February 12, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Please just go away

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • February 5, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: We're fine, really

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • January 29, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Out of nowhere . . .

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • January 23, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Location, location . . . communication?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • January 15, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: It's a gusher!

Police reports from around the island.

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  • January 8, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Not rabid

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • January 6, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Mind if we play through?

Police reports from around the island.

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  • January 1, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Four engines, one source of suspicion

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • December 29, 2019
Best of Longboat Key Cops Corner: 2019

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  • December 18, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Throwing beans on a car

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • December 12, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: No skim scams here

Police reports around around Longboat Key.

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  • December 4, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Jackets are required

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • November 26, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Close call in New Pass

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • November 15, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Hit, run and caught

Police reports from around the island.

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  • November 12, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Marooned on Greer Island

Police Reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • November 5, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: That license is suspended

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • October 28, 2019
Cops Corner: No one at the helm

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • October 23, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Helping out with medical calls

Police reports from around the island.

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  • October 15, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Leaving a calling card

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • October 9, 2019
Cops Corner: Just out for a little doggie me time

Police reports from around the island.

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  • October 2, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: When the prime suspect is the wind

Police reports from around the island.

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  • Eric Garwood
  • September 25, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: In through the window

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • September 18, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: I'm fine . . . really

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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