- October 19, 2022
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4:06 p.m., 200 block of North Jefferson Avenue
Dispute: The complainant told an officer he believed he had been followed home by another driver following a traffic encounter that led to a brief unpleasant verbal exchange.
The man said he called law enforcement when he believed the other driver was following him too closely all the way home, but as it turns out he actually lived down the street and was himself merely driving home. After speaking with police, both drivers returned to their homes without incident, until …
4:52 p.m., 200 block of North Jefferson Avenue
Dispute: Only 46 minutes after their initial encounter, the two motorists involved in the aforementioned incident met up again in the driveway of the driver previously alleged to have followed the prior complainant home.
Officers were called to settle the dispute between the same men again, only this time the prior subject-turned complainant, we’ll call him Man B, reported that the complainant-turned subject, Man A, parked his vehicle in his driveway without permission, resulting in a confrontation.
The parties were separated upon the officer’s arrival, but agreed to an on-site mediation session. By the end, the peace-making officer brokered a truce between the warring factions, apologies were exchanged and were mutually accepted.
10:30 p.m., Ken Thompson Park
Disturbance: A group’s peaceful fishing outing was disrupted by a boatful of male juvenile ne’er-do-wells who soaked them with water and called them a name referring to them as a part of female anatomy. Minding their own business on the dock, a complainant said the boat drove by at high speed in a no-wake zone, prompting the anglers to admonish the boat’s occupants.
That’s when the unknown boat captain turned the boat around and an exchange of unpleasantries ensued. The encounter culminated in the captain turning the boat with the motor pointed toward the dock and trimmed up halfway out of the water, then applied full throttle and spraying water toward the group. This action was accompanied by him yelling, “get soaked (expletive deleted)s!
The boat then left the area heading east bound into the bay. Far from a clean getaway, the complainant provided a video of the incident and several photos of the occupants along with the boat’s registration. A records check provided the boat owner’s address. A check of Google maps revealed the home with not one, but two boats parked in the front yard.
1:05 a.m., 1500 block of Main Street
Underage drinking: Security staff at a downtown watering hole flagged down officers regarding two underage female would-be patrons. Staff then handed officers two Florida driver’s licenses confiscated from the girls that suggested they were old enough to be served.
The juveniles did provide their actual licenses to the officers, which identified them both as 17-year-olds. The girls stated they had found one license on the ground near Anna Maria Island and concluded it would be a good idea to use it and another false ID at the bar. Contact was made with the girls’ parents, who picked them up forthwith.
3:38 a.m., 2099 Adams Lane
Harassment/stalking: A woman being harassed by a man she had been involved with was apparently so enamored that he can’t come to grips with her termination of their brief summertime fling.
The complainant advised the pair had been communicating from mid-July to mid-August, went on one date and became intimate on only one occasion. That was apparently enough to convince the smitten Romeo that the complainant was destined to be his Juliette.
She said that while at a downtown pub to meet friends, the man was also present and approached her asking why she was ignoring his text messages and phone calls. Apparently not wise to the ways of wooing a woman, through the rest of the evening texts devolved into vulgar language and name calling. She said he also called her frequently throughout that night from multiple phone numbers.
The complainant showed the officer text messages from him associating her with colorful metaphors such as those that might be used to describe her as a female dog, aesthetically challenged, overweight, an effective weed-removing gardening implement and one even more so offensive that defies description.
And finally, one text states, “I’ll come after your family,” a threat apparently intended to persuade her to throw herself into his arms once again. Instead, the complainant was provided with information about how to obtain a restraining order against the man.
Because the subject lives in the county, the case was referred to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. As the incidents occurred within the city limit, an SPD incident report was generated.
