Cops Corner 9.14

SEPT. 1

BOOM!

10:27 p.m.,  -- 2000 block of Harbour Links Drive

Suspicious circumstance: As a thunderstorm began rolling across Longboat Key, an officer was directed to the home of a woman who reported hearing noises on her back porch. She described the sound as similar to that of someone jumping up and down. The officer checked her porch and those of her neighbors and found nothing out of the ordinary.

SEPT. 2

JUST OUT OF REACH

10:30 a.m. -- 7000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive

Disturbance:  An officer sent to investigate a report of an intoxicated man creating a disturbance near the Longboat Pass Bridge arrived to find the man, but he was outside the jurisdiction of the Longboat Key Police. The matter was turned over to Bradenton Beach Police.

SEPT. 2

LET ME IN

11:47 P.M. – 5100 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive

Suspicious circumstance: A guest at a vacation rental called police when a man, who seemed drunk, began knocking on the door, claiming he was the tenant of an adjacent unit and was locked out. When police arrived, the officer found a man on the deck of a unit near the caller’s. The man, who police reported seemed drunk, said he couldn’t get inside. The officer found a key, let the man in and checked documents to verify he was permitted inside.

SEPT. 3

OUT OF THE WOODS

9:26 a.m. – 2100 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive

 Suspicious person: A gated community security guard called police to report a woman walking her dog was startled by a man who stepped out of the bushes near a bus stop. No words were exchanged and no crime was committed, an officer reported. Upon the officer’s arrival, he saw a man matching the guard’s description board a SCAT bus at the stop.

SEPT. 3

NO PAWS ON THE BACH

2:37 p.m. – Beer Can Island.

Dog on the beach: An officer informed a citizen walking a dog on Beer Can Island that the pet was not permitted to be there and would have to be returned to the boat. The officer said the dog was welcome to leave the boat and walk on the nearby sandbar.