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  • October 22, 2009
Cops Corner

Complainant said someone was walking in between houses, asking for money.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 15, 2009
Cops Corner

A church employee said someone had entered the church and stolen $10 in change from a closet. The thief also moved a wheelchair and scribbled some unknown things on a dry-erase board. Deputies were able to pull fingerprints from the wheelchair.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 8, 2009
Cops Corner

A sandwich-shop employee allowed a man to use the store's phone. The employee recognized the man, because he often hangs out in front of the shop. The phone is located near the counter, where a tip jar sits. After the man hung up the phone and left, the employee noticed the tip jar was empty.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2009
Cops Corner

A woman said someone stole a spear gun from her pool deck.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2009
Cops Corner

A deputy who responded to a call about a box truck that backed into a ditch found the driver standing in the middle of the road, throwing his belongings to the ground 'for no apparent reason.'

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2009
Cops Corner

A man parked his car in a public beach parking lot. He left it unlocked with a wallet and MP3 player inside. When he returned to the car, the items were no longer there.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 10, 2009
Cops Corner

A supermarket employee stopped two teenage girls after they took two bandages from a box.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2009
Cops Corner

A man called police to report that his 17-year-old daughter went to a neighbor's house and received a tattoo.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2009
Cops Corner

A man walked out of a bar without paying his $52 bar tab. He drank eight Budweisers and five vodka cocktails. The manager followed him outside and gave him one last chance to pay his tab. The man began to argue with the manager and then got in his pickup truck and drove away. But he forgot one very important thing, he left his driver's license at the bar when he opened the tab.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2009
Cops Corner

n apartment complex manager reported someone discharged a fire extinguisher near the pool area and that some of the contents got into the hot tub, which will need to be drained and cleaned. There were no witnesses.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 23, 2009
Cops Corner

A woman in the beach parking lot saw a man and woman standing by her car and pushing a note through a crack in the window.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 16, 2009
Cops Corner

A person reported a man knocked on his door and said he was an Army Ranger and needed a ride. When the person closed the door, the man started yelling and eventually left.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2009
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A fire broke out in a bathroom stall in a movie theater restroom. The theater manager said the flames nearly rose above the stall walls, but the fire was quickly extinguished

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2009
Cops Corner

A man was nice enough to invite an acquaintance to his home to hang out during a rain storm. And this is how he's paid back.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 25, 2009
Cops Corner

A man reported his car was sitting in his driveway overnight, when it was burglarized.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 18, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 11, 2009
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  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 4, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 28, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2009
Cops Corner

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 14, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 7, 2009
Cops Corner

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  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2009
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  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 23, 2009
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