MARCH 23, 2022
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3/16, 3 p.m., drug violation, 2653 Gulf Drive S. The officer responded to a call for assistance from the Coast Guard at the Coquina boat ramp after a subject was observed driving his Jet Ski at a high rate of speed in a no-wake zone. When the officer arrived, the Coast Guard had the man stopped as he was trying to get into a black Mercedes. The Coast Guard issued the subject a ticket for speeding on his Jet Ski, but as the Bradenton Beach officer approached the vehicle, he observed a passenger slide something under his seat, and also smelled the strong odor of burnt marijuana. Both men had no marijuana on their person, but a search of the vehicle turned up 19 grams of marijuana. Both subjects were issued a notice to appear for the possession charges.
HOLMES BEACH
3/9, 2:20 p.m., grand theft, 105 34th St. The officer responded to a report of a package stolen from the complainant’s mailbox. The complainant stated he was in New Jersey and had a neighbor checking his mail for a package from Amazon, but after receiving a message from Amazon that the package was delivered, he discovered it was not there. The man’s security camera showed a package being delivered but also showed a Chrysler sedan pull up to the mailbox and remove several items before driv-
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ing off. The video evidence was given to police and uploaded to the HBPD server. The case remains open and no suspects have been identified at this time. 3/11, 1:17 a.m., DUI, 4100 Gulf Drive. While on patrol, the officer observed a silver car traveling at a high rate of speed approaching the curve in the 4100 block of Gulf Drive. The vehicle spun out and lost control, ending up facing north in the southbound lane. The officer stopped the driver and advised her she was showing signs of impairment. The driver refused to take field sobriety exercises and demonstrated erratic behavior, ranging from laughing to crying. According to the report, the driver almost fell getting out of the vehicle, and after a female officer came to search her, she was eventually arrested for driving under the influence. The subject was taken to the Manatee County Jail and booked; no further action was taken. 3/14, 11:57 p.m., battery, 4307 Gulf Drive. Upon arrival at the listed location, the officer met with a woman in distress who admitted to being slightly intoxicated but was involved in an incident with another female staying at the residence after she tried to stop the woman from driving by taking her keys. During the altercation, the second woman grabbed and smashed the complainant’s mobile phone on the ground, making it unusable. The woman who smashed the phone was arrested for battery, tampering with a victim by hindering communication with law enforcement and criminal mischief.
PINEY POINT: Questions, repairs continue FROM PAGE 1
3105 Buckeye Road and is expected to be completed by next spring. FDEP officials issued a permit in December for Manatee County to build the well despite objections from five environmental groups that sued Piney Point owner HRK Holdings LLC, Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Manatee County Port Authority and FDEP, citing the potential for contaminating underground drinking water in the Floridan aquifer. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Tampa. The case is pending as the judge considers FDEP’s motion to dismiss the case. Meanwhile, work continues to stop a new leak discovered in January in one of the gyp stacks on the site. The source of the leak has been identified, according to FDEP, which reports that workers plan to deploy a larger box structure over the existing box struc-
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Ponds containing contaminated wastewater from phosphate processing operations at Piney Point are stored on gypsum stacks, another byproduct of the manufacturing process. ture they are using to filter the water and increase visibility so repairs can continue. There is no indication of any concern with the integrity or stability of the stack system, according to last week’s FDEP report.
