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Longboat Key Cops Corner: Slow it down, huh?

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  • September 1, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: What happens on Longboat . . .

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  • August 21, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Alarming weather

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  • August 17, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

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  • August 11, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Playin’ all the hits . . . too loud

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  • August 4, 2020
LBO Cops Corner: Same bay, wrong Bayfront?

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  • July 24, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: When is a party not a party?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • July 19, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: The ups and downs of a portable sign

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  • July 13, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A pyrotechnic preview

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • July 2, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: The kids are alright

Police reports from around the island.

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  • June 23, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A lot hinges on this call

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • June 15, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Job done

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • June 9, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: It was stolen. No, it wasn't.

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • June 2, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Hello, is it me you're looking for?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • May 26, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: He's fine, he just looks unconscious

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • May 15, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: The smell of something dangerous

Police reports from around the island.

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  • May 11, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A truck but no driver

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • May 4, 2020
Cops Corner: Good to go

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

Police reports from around the town.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

Police reports from around the island.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • Eric Garwood
  • 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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