- April 26, 2025
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6 p.m., 47800 block of Sun Circle
Disturbance: After a motorist yelled at 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 Sun Circle 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.
8:39 a.m., 1000 block of South Tamiami Trail
Disturbance: An officer responded to Bird Key regarding a possible assault that occurred on South Tamiami Trail. That’s where the complainant and her husband stated an unknown male cut her off on the road while driving a pickup truck, almost causing a crash. She stated while the subject was driving in front of her he continually brake-checked her, nearly causing her to crash into him on multiple occasions.
What might have precipitated the incident was not disclosed in the incident report.
Her husband, meanwhile, was driving behind the complainant, where he was able to observe the actions of the subject driver. The subject, the woman said, often changed lanes in an attempt to position himself behind her as they proceeded northbound on South Tamiami Trail. Recognizing this tactic, her husband said he followed her closely enough to not permit the subject from entering their lane.
In response, the subject allegedly made several hand gestures to the pair, and at one point, the husband invited the offending driver to pull over and settle the issue like men. Declining the offer to engage in street-side fisticuffs, all three parties continued northbound until they came to a stop in the center lane.
At that point the husband said he stepped out onto the street but remained by his car. That’s when he said he witnessed the subject retrieve a bag from behind his seat and place it on his lap in what he interpreted as an act of aggression. He added the subject never pointed whatever was in the bag at him, but that he was certain it was a rifle, or perhaps a machete.
The husband then said he re-entered his vehicle and they all continued in tandem, crossing the Ringling Bridge and continuing through St. Armands Circle there the subject then continued toward Longboat Key.
The pair provided an officer with a description of the vehicle and the license plate number. The couple received a case number for future encounters, although law enforcement did not contact the subject.
11:30 p.m., 1500 block of Main Street
Fight: In a demonstration that sometimes nothing good happens before midnight, officers responded to reports of a fight inside a downtown restaurant and bar. Witnesses reported staff members identified two males as the combatants.
The complainant told an officer the two started a fight toward the rear of the establishment with a member of the security staff. Once escorting the two outside, one of the men punched the complainant in the face. While he did not wish to press charges, he did want the agitators trespassed from the property.
Another staff member corroborated the complainant’s story and added one of the two men was the primary aggressor and had previously attempted to start skirmishes with multiple patrons in the bar.
Naturally, when officers interviewed the offenders, they insisted the bouncers started fights with them, despite video evidence to the contrary. Both were informed they had been trespassed from the property.
