Cops Corner

Longboat Key | Cops Corner

Observer Staff
January 27, 2010

Jan. 7 No. 1 fan 8:54 p.m. -- 6400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive (GMD). Public Drunkenness. Police found a man sleeping on a bench at the intersection of General Harris Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive. He told police he had fallen asleep while listening to a game on the radio and was given a ride to his parents' house on Lyons Lane.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
January 20, 2010

Cops Corner

Under Investigation -- Jan. 6 9:15 a.m. -- 700 block of Broadway. Security Check. A man told police that he heard voices coming from the house next door, which he thought was vacant. Police found the rear door of the home open and unsanitary living conditions inside. The home was littered with trash. The code enforcement department recently tagged the property.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Kurt Schultheis
January 13, 2010

Cops Corner

Jan. 1 Lord of the dance 12:20 a.m. -- 1600 block of GMD. Disturbance. Police responded to a report of a man refusing to leave a New Year's Eve party at a restaurant. Upon arrival, police calmed down a man and got him medical attention after he revealed he was punched by at least two men for dancing with someone's else's girlfriend at the party. Said the man: 'You know us Irishmen, when we like to dance, we're gonna dance, and if we want to fight, we're gonna fight.'

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Kurt Schultheis
January 6, 2010

Cops Corner

Dec. 15 Safe and secure 8:50 p.m. - 500 block of Kingfisher Lane. Suspicious Circumstance. A woman reported a suspicious pickup truck leaving the area. Police responded and could not find the truck but found an unlocked sliding-glass door at a nearby residence. Nothing was stolen and the house was secured.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
December 23, 2009

Cops Corner

Residents reported that someone in a pickup truck squealed the truck's tires and did donuts in a condominium's landscaped area.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Kurt Schultheis
December 16, 2009

Cops Corner

Dec. 6 Construction question 3:26 p.m. -- 6400 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. A Christ Church member reported to police that someone placed a sign on the church's construction site that read: 'WHY?' The church member told police members of the nearby homeowners association were disputing the church's construction.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
December 9, 2009

Cops Corner

Nov. 25 Gator grab 9:32 a.m. -- 400 block of GMD. Vehicle Larceny. A woman reported that someone stole her crocodile purse valued at $2,000 from the passenger seat of her unlocked car while she was inside a gas station paying for her gas. The purse contained a payroll check, her Social Security card, credit cards, a checkbook and $10 in cash.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
December 2, 2009

Cops Corner

Nov. 22 Case of mistaken identity 12 a.m. -- 600 block of Penfield Street. Suspicious Vehicle. Police received two calls about two drunken men in a small boat in the canal behind their docks. A boat with people was detained for questioning, but it was the wrong boat.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
November 24, 2009

Cops Corner

Nov. 13 Deep sleep 11:41 a.m. -- 500 block of Bay Isles Road. Camping Violation. A town employee told police that someone was sleeping in Bicentennial Park. Police found a man sleeping in the bushes, and he was issued written warnings for camping and possession of alcohol on town property.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
November 18, 2009

Cops Corner

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
November 11, 2009

Welcome Back: Cops Corner

The best Cops Corner items of the summer.

Longboat Key
News

Observer Staff
November 11, 2009

Cops Corner

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Kurt Schultheis
November 4, 2009

Cops Corner

Oct. 24 I spy 12:01 p.m. - 3600 block of Bayou Circle. Suspicious Circumstance. A woman told police that she believes someone has wired her house to spy on her because the screws in her electrical plates had been moved and she can hear an echo in the house when she claps. Police told her to call back if she noticed anything else suspicious.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
October 28, 2009

Cops Corner

Police conducted fishing-license inspections in Overlook Park and only three people could not produce valid fishing licenses.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
October 21, 2009

Cops Corner

7:34 a.m. -- 2000 block of Harbour Links Drive. Suspicious Circumstance. A man reported someone trespassing at his neighbor's residence.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
October 14, 2009

Cops Corner

A man filled out a police report after explaining that he received letters from companies explaining that someone is trying to open accounts in his name using a different address.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
October 7, 2009

Cops Corner

Sept. 22 Dock disappearance 3:23 p.m. -- Jewfish Key. Lost or Missing Property. A woman reported that her three-seat red kayak was missing from her dock.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
September 30, 2009

Cops Corner

A woman reported a suspicious flatboat in the canal behind her home. Police saw the boat, occupied by two men, leaving the area. No further action was taken.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
September 23, 2009

Cops Corner

A woman reported that a man she had been living with for two years acquired her online banking password and stole $44,600 from her bank account over the course of 18 months.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
September 16, 2009

Cops Corner

A town employee turned in two ballasts, a pair of rubber work gloves and two electrical items that he found in the middle of Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
September 9, 2009

Cops Corner

A woman reported that someone left three large piles of tree branches and brush on a vacant property that was under her care.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
September 2, 2009

Cops Corner

A Sarasota landscaper was asked why he took two wheelbarrows full of shell and 11 bags of mulch from a Country Club Shore yard. The landscaper told police he received permission to take the items from the landscaper in charge of maintaining the home.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
August 26, 2009

Cops Corner

12:42 p.m. -- 4000 block of GMD (Gulf of Mexico Drive). Property Damage. A man called to report that his car had been hit in a hardware store parking lot.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
August 19, 2009

Cops Corner

A man told police that he was hit in the head while riding his bike by a water bottle thrown from a silver Chevy Trailblazer or GMC SUV. Police were unable to locate the vehicle.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
August 12, 2009

Cops Corner

A man reported that an unknown person entered his hotel room the night before and removed three bottles of prescription medication valued at $130.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
August 5, 2009

Cops Corner

A woman was pulled over for swerving in a Dodge pickup truck on Gulf of Mexico Drive. When police told her that her driver's license was suspended for failure to pay a traffic fine, she explained that she had taken care of that ticket over the phone.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
July 29, 2009

Cops Corner

Police pulled over a man driving a four-door, silver Jeep. The man was driving in and out of his lane, and police issued him a ticket for driving with a suspended driver's license.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
July 22, 2009

Cops Corner

Police confiscated a brown pouch with two white, small discs that a housekeeper thought could have been an illegal drug. The white discs tested negative for drugs several times.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
July 15, 2009

Cops Corner

A woman with no valid driver's license backed her tan pickup truck into oncoming traffic on Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
July 8, 2009

Cops Corner

For the fourth time this month, police responded to a boarded-up house because of a 911 hang-up call. Police determined there is a problem with the phone line.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Observer Staff
July 1, 2009

Cops Corner

A man called police from out of town to report his wife had lost a 2-carat diamond and white-gold ring valued at $16,500 at a Longboat Key condominium. He said his wife thinks the ring may have slipped off her finger.