Cops Corner: Sarasota

Oct. 18
GARBAGE WARS
4:18 p.m. — 2500 block of North Washington Boulevard. Dispute/Fight Not Family. A man advised officers that he and another man were in an argument over $10. The man said he did a small job picking up trash for a shop owner, and the shop owner was refusing to pay the $10 he was owed. The man said he didn’t want any problems and that no physical contact was made during the argument, but that he wanted his $10. The shop owner said he did not owe the man any money. He said he told the man he didn’t have any money that day, and that the man shouldn’t pick up trash around the store. The man continued to pick up trash anyway, and the shop owner asked him to leave the property. Officers advised the man not to go back to the shop, and told the men to stay away from each other.

OVER THE FENCE
10:23 p.m. — 1600 block of Fourth Street. Suspicion Person. A person called the police regarding a potential burglary in progress. When an officer arrived at the scene, he met with a man staying at the address given. The man said an unknown male jumped the fence at the property, waking the man up. The man then yelled at the male, who subsequently left the area.

Oct. 19
BOUNCING BACK
1:39 a.m. — 1400 block of Main Street. Trespassing. An employee at a bar flagged down an officer to make a trespassing request. The employee said a man was intoxicated and yelling in other people’s faces, demanding to speak to a manager when workers at the bar refused to let him enter due to his level of intoxication. When the trespass warning was issued, the man stated he did not understand why and asked to see a manager. The man said he was asked to leave approximately 50 times before the employee flagged down an officer. The officer told the man he should have left when asked.

CIRCULAR LOGIC
8:16 a.m. — 2000 block of Eighth Street. Dispute/Fight. A woman reported that a neighbor was picking up all the free shoppers guides that were distributed in the neighborhood on Sundays. The woman wanted her copy of the guide, which had been left on the sidewalks in front of the residences in the area. An officer instructed the neighbor to check with residents before taking the publication as a courtesy.

FLYING THE COOP
3:39 p.m. — 3800 block of Osprey Avenue. Theft — Retail/Farm Shoplifting. A man entered a liquor store and took three bottles of Grey Goose before walking out without paying. The man got into a car with a North Carolina or South Carolina license plate, a witness said.