BEACH BEAT

Bradenton Beach

businesses. Roads were blocked off by Holmes Beach Police while WMFR firefighters and investigators were on scene.

6/24, 7:27 p.m., indecent exposure, 1900 Gulf Drive S. The officer was dispatched to Coquina Park in reference to a female reportedly inappropriately touching a minor and exposing herself. The officer made contact with the female subject, who denied the charge. The reporting party then flagged down the officer and said the subject was the one in question. The juvenile female victim told the officer the subject touched her, exposed herself and made racial slurs to the family. Witnesses backed up the complaining family and the family said they wished to press charges. A capias was filed and the subject was trespassed from the park area.

6/26, 11:11 p.m., suspicious circumstances, 305 Highland Ave. The officer responded to what was initially reported as a residential burglary. The complainant directed the officer to the swimming pool area in reference to human feces that had been left on the steps going into the pool. The complainant said that sometime between 4:30-11:30 p.m., some- one gained access to the pool area and deposited the fecal matter. The unknown subject then left, leaving a set of wet footprints. There was no video footage of the incident, and police have no suspect. Property management said the pool would be closed until a thorough cleaning could be done. No further action was taken.

Holmes Beach

6/24, 10:43 a.m., possession of methamphetamine, 4000 Gulf Drive. The officer was dispatched to Manatee Beach after a call from a county parks employee in reference to an intoxicated male who was sitting on of the county’s “Gator” ATV. The officer made contact with the subject and realized he had been trespassed from the area earlier that day. The subject was placed under arrest for the violation of the trespass warning, and while the officer was searching him, he found two bags of a white crystal substance that later tested positive as methamphetamine, 2.4 grams. He also was in possession of 6 grams of marijuana and did not have a medical card. The officer added drug possession charges to the trespass charge and took the man to Manatee County Jail.

Learning to swim

The Anna Maria Island Rotary spends a great deal of its resources raising money for its summer swim program, which offers free swimming lessons to area children who may not have access to swimming lessons. These children are the first group of the 2023 season to complete the program at the Bradenton YMCA, 3805 59th St. W., Bradenton. The next group will begin on July 10, and will include 18 children from four of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Manatee. Lessons run for two groups in June and two groups in July, with a total of 72 children receiving lessons in 2023 thanks to fundraising efforts by the AMI Rotary, the bulk of which come from its annual golf tournament, held this year at IMG Academy Golf Course in Bradenton.