Cops Corner: Sarasota

Sept. 6
HEAT CHECK
11 a.m. — 400 block of North Tuttle Avenue. Petit Theft From Building. The owner of a rental home found someone had taken the stove from inside the property. All of the locks on the doors were functional, and an officer did not notice any signs of forced entry. The stove was dragged from the front of the home, through the home and out the back door, which was locked when the man entered the home on the morning of the report. The man found the front door slightly ajar when he arrived at the home, but saw no signs of forced entry. No neighbors in the area saw anything unusual. The officer speculated a prior tenant still had keys to the property, and the owner replaced all the locks.

OUT COLD
Noon — 2900 block of Dixie Avenue. Burglary — Structure. A woman reported someone entered her residence via a window and stole a small refrigerator and a mattress. The woman is in the process of moving out but still had several personal items inside the residence. The property manager observed another woman approaching the property a few days earlier, but was unaware of what happened to the refrigerator or mattress.

Sept. 7
HEARTBREAK
2 p.m. — 1900 block of North Orange Avenue. Criminal Mischief. A man reported the front windshield of his car had been smashed, and that the front seats had been slashed. An officer located a brick on the ground next to the car, which appeared to have been used to smash the windows. The man believes his ex-girlfriend was responsible for the incident, because he saw her grandmother’s car parked behind his earlier that day and she sent him a picture of his car recently.

Sept. 9
AIRING GRIEVANCES
2:22 p.m. — 1800 block of 19th Street. Criminal Mischief. A woman reported her car’s tires had been deflated. The woman believed the party responsible was her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend; they had repeatedly had issues since the woman began dating her boyfriend. The woman did not see the ex-girlfriend on her property but did see her in the area earlier that evening. The damage on the two driver’s side tires was estimated at $250.