Cops Corner: Sarasota 05.05.16

May 1

POOL PARTY CRASHERS
6 p.m. — 3300 block of South Osprey Avenue
Suspicion: A man saw a couple with a baby in the pool area of his residential complex. The man had never seen the family before, and believed they were not residents. He said he saw them a couple of hours earlier in the community laundry room with the lights off, and he thought they were acting suspicious. Officers were unable to locate the family.

May 2

POD PEOPLE
9:40 a.m. — 3300 block of Old Oak Drive
Misc. Officer: A resident was concerned about a storage unit that had been placed near a bridge for several weeks, and he believed someone was possibly living inside of the unit. An officer informed the man the storage unit was placed there with permission from state officials, and that a marine biologist was using the unit for research purposes.

The resident’s wife was concerned about an ultralight plane that operates in the area. She said the noise is disturbing, and believed the plane was picking up patrons from the same location as the storage unit. She said she feared that the operator of the plane also owned the storage unit.

STOP BUGGING ME
Noon — 1300 block of South Euclid Avenue
Dispute: A landlord reported that a tenant refused to let a pest control service into her apartment. The tenant said the landlord arrived without notice, and she did not want to let anyone in without a warning at least 24 hours in advance. After an officer arrived, the woman agreed to let the pest control company enter, but not the landlord.

WAR PAINT
1:47 p.m. — 2000 block of 20th Street
Battery: The owner of an auto body shop called the police after getting into an altercation with a customer. The owner and the customer had a series of disagreements regarding $650 in paint work to the customer’s car. Eventually, the customer arrived at the shop with a friend to pick up the car; the customer was upset that the work was not finished yet. The two parties got in an argument over the remaining $200 owed on the bill.

The owner removed the keys from the customer’s car, saying he would not release the car until the entire bill was paid. The owner said the customer jumped on his back and fought for the keys until the owner was unable to keep ahold of them. The customer then drove off without paying for the remainder of the bill. Officers got the customer to return to the area. The customer agreed to pay the remainder of the bill and said he would file a small claims suit regarding the service; the owner wanted the customer prosecuted for battery.