- April 15, 2025
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6:38 a.m. 1600 block of Eighth Street
Dispute: Although a woman called 911 because she was engaged in a dispute with her boyfriend, she had left the scene prior to the responding officer’s arrival. The boyfriend explained the woman had moved out of their shared apartment two months prior and had advised she showed up unannounced that morning.
The woman, he said, still has a key to the apartment and is still paying a portion of the rent. He added the two did have an argument before she left.
According to the incident report, the officer told the man he “needs to decide if they are really broken up or not, and if they are, she needs to be removed from the lease.”
4 p.m., SPD headquarters
Civil dispute: While working the front desk, an officer reported a man came in with a complaint of a dispute between himself and his bank. He advised that on Dec. 31, 2024 he withdrew $500 from the bank’s ATM, but that his online banking statement shows he withdrew that amount twice during the same visit.
The complainant stated that he did not receive two withdrawals from the machine, but rather his first attempt was unsuccessful as the machine made sounds as if it was going to dispense the legal tender, but never did. As a result, he made a second attempt to withdraw the funds, which were successful.
According to the complainant, when he went to report the issue to the bank, he was informed by employees they could not help him without producing a subpoena. He further stated video footage showed him at the ATM, but they would not show him any further recording without the required legal document.
The officer attempted to call the banker with whom he spoke, but there was no answer. He was further advised he may need to seek legal advice to resolve the matter.
6:33 p.m., 3000 block of Eighth Street
Dispute: After having had her own trash thrown in her face, a woman called for law enforcement to report that her neighbor become extremely verbally aggressive toward her over debris that had entered his property.
The woman said she and her friends often throw backyard parties and smoke cigarettes. As the yard is entirely covered with brick pavers they attempt to discard all the butts in a bucket, but sometimes some would land on the ground and, absent ground cover to impede, wind would carry them through the chain link fence that separate the yards.
She advised her neighbor was outside with his kids, making them pick up the butts and, finding that to be unfair, offered to come and retrieve them herself. That’s when, she said, the man became irate and threw some of the wayward filters, striking her in the center of her forehead. The neighbor then proceeded, she said, to take the collected rubbish and dump it over the fence back onto her property.
While she capitulated to her role in the dispute, she found the neighbor’s response to be excessive but did not wish to pursue charges for battery.
The officer attempted to make contact with the neighbor, who did not appear to be home at the time.
2:10 a.m., 1400 block of Main Street
Fight: For the third straight week in Cops Corner, police were involved in investigating altercations at Main Street drinking establishments, one resulting in a woman being arrested on a charge of “throwing a deadly missile into a building,” according to the incident report.
The “missile” came in the form of an ashtray from an outdoor table thrown at a window, shattering the glass. That action followed her tossing a few grenades inside the establishment, those in the form of four glasses she broke while at the bar.
All the warfare followed the woman being refused service as a result of intoxication, at which time a bouncer attempted to escort her out of the establishment before she wrestled him to the floor. There, the bouncer said, he was struck in the face by the woman’s husband.
The woman told the officer after she was denied service the bartender did not return her money, setting off the skirmish. In addition to the crime of launching the "deadly missile," the woman was charged with disorderly conduct and criminal mischief. The couple was also issued a trespassing warning.
2:11 a.m., 1500 block of Main Street
Fight: Just one block removed from the previously reported incident, officers were flagged down to respond to a brawl outside another late night bar. That’s where a man told an officer that he was attacked by a female hitting him, prompting him to react in self-defense. That was followed by a man, who accompanied the woman, also punching him in the face and, in a move that escalated the incident, removing his hat.
One witness advised an officer he saw the two men passing each other on the sidewalk and exchanged words before the fisticuffs ensued. The subject said when the encounter occurred, he was walking with his twin sister and girlfriend. The sister advised the man attempted to “catcall” her and her friend, at which time her brother told her to ignore the man and keep walking.
A second witness advised after that initial encounter, the alleged victim then turned and placed the subject in a chokehold as his sister responded by punching the leering lech. Finally, a third witness said he saw the sister initially respond to the reprehensible whistling by pushing the man before he put her brother in the choke hold.
The entire incident was determined to be a case of mutual combat and neither party wished to pursue charges.
11:36 a.m., 2700 block of Floyd Street
Disturbance: Observing a man “squatting” on the other side of his fence, a man called law enforcement after discovering the man had defecated there. The complainant described the subject as a white male of approximately 60 years of age who left the scene in a four-door Audi sedan.
The complainant was advised to call law enforcement should the subject inexplicably return to the scene of the crime.
6 p.m., 4800 block of Sun Circle
Disturbance: After a motorist yelled her and shouted profanities while walking her dog, a woman told a responding officer she was near the intersection of Sapphire Drive and Bayshore Road when she witnessed a vehicle speeding toward her.
As the vehicle approached, she said she gestured to the driver to slow down. Declining to heed her advice, the driver, she said, began yelling at her as she continued to drive toward Sapphire Shores Park.
The complainant said she is familiar with the driver, a local yoga instructor whom she witnessed exit the vehicle before beginning a yoga class in the park. She told the officer this was not the first time the unyielding yogi has sped through the neighborhood and wishes to have a more visible police presence in the area.
