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Longboat Key Cops Corner: Half the lighting, all the warning

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Longboat Key Cops Corner: You want him on that wall, you need him on that wall

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Longboat Key Cops Corner: A topless swimmer, a frisky raccoon and very lost wallet

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Longboat Key Cops Corner: You've been warned

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Longboat Key Cops Corner: A difference of opinion

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  • May 10, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Trouble on Broadway

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Longboat Key Cops Corner: Too slow, not furious

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  • April 27, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A job for "Jimmy"

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  • April 20, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Peace!

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  • April 14, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: An unwelcome call

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  • April 8, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Free ride

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  • March 31, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A moving tribute

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  • March 22, 2021
Cops Corner: A one-eyed jack on the road.

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Longboat Key Cops Corner: Upon further review . . .

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  • March 8, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Bad behavior

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • March 2, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Whoa!

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • February 23, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: The wind had no alibi

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  • February 12, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: One car too many

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • February 5, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: People and their dogs

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • February 1, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Surfin' LBK

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • January 22, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

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  • January 17, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A break from fishing

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  • January 12, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A contested 180

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • January 7, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Bike, car, collision course

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  • December 31, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Anchors aweigh . . . er . . . away!

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • December 29, 2020
Best of Longboat Key Cops Corner: 2020

A look back at a year of protecting, serving.

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  • December 17, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Masked stowaways

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • December 10, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: All cool in the pool

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • November 30, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Smell that?

Police reports from around the island.

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Longboat Key Cops Corner: A bag of sharp

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • November 13, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Stopping to help

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • November 10, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Flower power

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • October 30, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Just an FYI

Police reports from around the island.

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  • October 27, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Flashing lights always mean something

Police reports from around Longboat Key, Oct. 16-22.

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Longboat Key Cops Corner: Parental discretion advised

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • October 12, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: All is well

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