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Longboat Key Cops Corner: Dogs and cats in all the wrong places

Police reports from around the island.

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  • June 11, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Where's the fire, Mack?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • June 5, 2019
Cops Corner: Pipe down, the cops are here

Police reports from around the island.

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  • May 29, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A rock-solid explanation

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • May 16, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Right car, wrong person

Police reports from around the island.

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  • May 15, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Be vewwwwy quiet

Police reports from around the island.

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  • May 8, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: It was lost, then it was found

Police reports from around the island.

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  • Eric Garwood
  • May 1, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Why did the turtle cross the road?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • Eric Garwood
  • April 24, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Crossing the line

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • Eric Garwood
  • April 17, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: First come, first served

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • Eric Garwood
  • April 9, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Watch for those flashing yellow lights

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 27, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Nothing to see here

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 20, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Someone else needs to drive

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 13, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: In hot water

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 6, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: They played their cards wrong

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 27, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Two-wheeled early-bird gets to work

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 20, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: No burglars here, just us

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 13, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Does anyone use taillights any more?

Police reports from around the key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 6, 2019
Cops Corner: Have we got a deal for you . . .

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 30, 2019
Cops Corner: A stray sailboat on shore leave.

Police reports from around the town.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 23, 2019
Cops Corner: Alarming work being done

Police reports from around Longboat Key

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 16, 2019
Cops Corner: No one suspicious around here

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 4, 2019
Cops Corner: Engine trouble on a sailboat

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 2, 2019
Cops Corner: They're not suspicious, they're just fine

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • December 26, 2018
Cops Corner: Best of 2018 on Longboat Key

Here are 2018's best police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • December 19, 2018
Cops Corner: Keep an eye out for porch prowlers

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • December 12, 2018
Cops Corner: No tag? No dice.

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • December 5, 2018
Cops Corner: Charging right through a crosswalk

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • November 28, 2018
Cops Corner: What a tangled web

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • November 21, 2018
Cops Corner: Boaters making waves

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • November 14, 2018
Cops Corner: A report of uplifting noise

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • November 7, 2018
Cops Corner: You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

Police reports from around Longboat Key

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • October 31, 2018
Cops Corner: Isn't golf supposed to be quiet?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • October 23, 2018
Cops Corner: His car was open . . . for business

Police reports from around the Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • October 17, 2018
Cops Corner: It's dark, time for headlights

Police reports from around the Key

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • October 10, 2018
Cops Corner: When the car haulers return, it can only mean fall is here

Police reports from around the Key.

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