Cops Corner: Sarasota 6.29.17

June 24

FELINE FOLLOWER
2:22 a.m. — 700 block of South Washington Boulevard
Misc. officer: A security officer at a car dealership called the police because a cat had been following him around all night. The man said the cat looked well fed, but thought it should not be outside in inclement weather. The man was not able to contain the cat himself, and it kept running away from him and hiding under vehicles. The officer was unable to help contain the cat, but said animal services would respond and pick up the cat if they could. 

June 25

CAR HOLE
8 p.m. — 700 block of Flint River Court
Property damage: The property manager of an apartment building wanted to report property damage for insurance purposes. A resident came into her office to report the damage to his apartment, which occurred sometime over the weekend. There was a 2-by-2-foot hole in the east side of the resident’s building, which he said was from his vehicle. He said the damage was an accident. The property manager did not want to press charges, just for the incident to be documented.

June 26

ENTER AT YOUR OWN PERIL
11:28 p.m. — 4000 block of North Tamiami Trail
Burglary: The owner of a motel reported that a tenant had recently been arrested, and that the hotel emptied his room after he did not pay the previous month’s rent. Now, the owner said, the former tenant was attempting to enter a locked, fenced area in the rear of the property. Workers at the hotel stopped him, but the former tenant refused to leave the property.

An officer told the former tenant that he had been evicted from the property, and that he would be able to get his possessions but he would have to leave immediately afterward. The former tenant said he could not carry all his belongings, and that he would have to make arrangements to pick them up later. The motel owner said the former tenant could not pick up the property without a police officer present. Later that night, the former tenant was found inside the locked, fenced area on the property. An officer saw him attempt to remove a bike from inside. The motel owner said nothing inside the fenced area belonged to the former tenant. The former tenant was arrested and charged with burglary.