BEACH BEAT

Bradenton Beach

3/15, 8:55 a.m., trespassing, 100 Bridge St. The officer responded to the Bridge Walk Resort in reference to a homeless man sleeping near the resort’s front door. The manager told the officer she wanted the man trespassed from the property since she can’t have people sleeping on her sidewalk when guests are checking in and out. The officer spoke to the man and he said he understood. When the officer ran a warrants check on the man, an active warrant was discovered, so he was given a trespass warning, then arrested and transferred to a warrants deputy in Bradenton.

Holmes Beach

3/8, 12:50 p.m., aggravated battery, 4000 Gulf Drive. The officer was dispatched to the public beach on a report of two subjects fighting. Upon arrival, the officer saw a subject he was familiar with who had a cut on his right hand. There was an 18-inch machete knife stuck in a nearby picnic table, and the man was visibly intoxicated. He told the officer a second subject, who was no longer at the scene, had pulled a small knife on him but he was able to disarm the man after being poked in the chest with it. He also said the subject not present had threatened to kill him. The subject also had an active trespass warning from the beach area. The second subject was located by phone, and came to HBPD with his mother. He told the officer that the first subject was the aggressor and cut his hand by squeezing the blade of the machete to prove he wasn’t afraid of anyone. The second subject also denied having a small knife or brandishing it to anyone. Because of conflicting statements, neither party was arrested, but both were trespassed from the public beach area, however, the next day the second subject was again seen by an officer at the beach and was arrested for trespassing for multiple violations.

3/8, 9:06 p.m., grand theft of a motor vehicle/ possession of controlled substance, 752 Manatee Ave. After getting an alert from two of the city’s license plate readers, two officers were in the area of the Kingfish boat ramp when they saw a vehicle that had been reported stolen. There were two males and one female in the car. After performing a stop on the car and detaining the three occupants, the officers did a search of the vehicle, finding three bags that each contained crystal meth. The driver was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and the female front seat passenger was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle as well as possession of a controlled substance. The third subject was not charged.