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  • January 15, 2014
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  • December 24, 2013
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  • November 27, 2013
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  • November 20, 2013
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  • November 13, 2013
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  • November 13, 2013
Best of Cops Corner

Drugs, DayGlo thongs, dogs on the beach - they're all part of the beat for Longboat Key police. As usual, officers handled cases that ranged from serious to strange and sometimes silly. Here are our favorite Cops Corners from the summer.

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  • November 6, 2013
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  • October 30, 2013
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  • October 23, 2013
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  • October 16, 2013
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  • October 9, 2013
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  • September 25, 2013
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  • September 18, 2013
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  • September 11, 2013
Cops Corner 9.12.13

Flashing report 10:31 p.m. - 600 block of Ranger Lane. Public Service. A flashing security light at a home was bothering the residents who live behind the house. Dispatch was unable to contact the home's owner.

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  • September 4, 2013
Cops Corner 9.05.13

Aug. 28 Sunset sidetrack 7:37 p.m. -- 5100 block of GMD. Missing Person. A man told police he had left his wife in the car while he went back to his room to make sure it was locked. When he returned, his wife was gone. A half hour later, an officer spotted her on the beach.

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  • August 28, 2013
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  • August 21, 2013
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  • August 14, 2013
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  • August 7, 2013
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  • July 31, 2013
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  • July 24, 2013
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  • July 24, 2013
COPS CORNER HALL OF FAME: Longboat Key

"Will this be in Cops Corner?" We understand Longboat Key police get that question a lot.

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  • July 17, 2013
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  • July 10, 2013
Cops 7.10.13

June 26 STAGING A COVER-UP 6:14 p.m. - 2800 block of GMD. Code Enforcement. An Italian woman didn't know she wasn't allowed to be topless on the beach and agreed to cover up.

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  • July 2, 2013
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