Streetlife
Anna Maria
March 27, 200
block of Palm Avenue, criminal mischief. Two doors
of a car parked in a driveway were reportedly scratched.
March 28, 100
block of Beach Avenue, information. According to the
report, 20 vinyl slats were pulled off a fence. The
deputy was able to put the slats back in place.
March 28, 100
block of Maple Avenue, criminal mischief. According
to the report, six fence slats were pulled from a fence.
Two were damaged and, according to the report, the
other four can be replaced with nails.
March 29, 500
block of Pine Avenue, burglary. Items were stolen from
a woman’s unlocked vehicle.
Bradenton Beach
March 13, 400
block of Gulf Drive North, drug arrest. According to
the report, an officer saw Charles Campbell, 27, of
Bradenton, heading to the beach with his surfboard
and advised him that the beach is closed after midnight.
The officer believed Campbell to be intoxicated and
conducted a “pat down” in which he found
a can of beer - a violation of city ordinance - and
one gram of marijuana.
March 18, 100
block of Third Street South, drug arrest. An officer
received a tip that four people had pooled their money
to purchase cocaine in Bradenton and would be returning
to Bradenton Beach. When the officer saw the vehicle
in question enter the city, he stopped the vehicle.
Inside the vehicle the officer reportedly found a pipe
used to smoke cocaine in the center console and another
in a black bag in the trunk of the car. Jerry Hamilton,
47, of Bradenton Beach, was given a notice to appear
for the pipe found in the center console, where the
officer also found some type of pill that the suspect
claimed was Tylenol.
Beth Guglietti,
24, of Holmes Beach, a passenger in the car, was arrested
after the officer discovered 12 pieces of cocaine,
a glass pipe and a second pipe containing marijuana
in her purse. Guglietti was also wanted on a Manatee
County warrant for violation of probation.
March 27, 100
block of Third Street South, drug arrest. An officer
received a tip indicating that Chris Cockrell, 33,
of Bradenton Beach, left the city with two other persons
in a vehicle after allegedly conspiring to purchase
drugs from a dealer in Bradenton. The officer waited
in an area near the residence where the suspects were
expected to return. The officer then stopped the vehicle
and several pieces of cocaine were found in the search.
Cockrell and Mike Avvenire, 43, of Bradenton Beach,
were arrested for possession of cocaine and the driver
was arrested for driving with a suspended license.
Holmes Beach
March 24, 3900
E. Bay Drive, Publix, criminal mischief. A witness
reported that she saw a teenage girl scratch a car
with a key. The car belonged to a store employee.
March 25, 5410
Marina Drive, D.Coy Ducks, theft. A woman reported
that her cigarette case containing her driver’s
license, credit card and some cash were stolen while
she was at the bar.
March 25, 6700
Gulf Drive, Gulf Place Apartments, theft. A woman claimed
that some gold necklaces kept in a drawer in a walk-in
closet were missing.
March 25, 4000
Gulf Drive, Manatee Public Beach, drug. A patrol officer
was approached by a woman upset that a man was sitting
on the beach drinking alcohol and allegedly selling
drugs. The officer approached Donald McFee, 23, of
Bradenton, who was sitting on the beach with a half-empty
bottle of whiskey. A routine search resulted in the
discovery of less than 20 grams of marijuana in McFee’s
backpack. He was given a notice to appear in addition
to a trespass warning.
March 25, 4700
Gulf Drive, Manatee Public Beach, trespass warning.
A lifeguard contacted police regarding two males drinking
on the beach and allegedly bothering young females.
The officer located the men, who were in possession
of an open bottle of beer. They were reportedly advised
that alcohol was not permitted and given a trespass
warning. Later the same afternoon, the same patrol
officer saw the two men sitting in the patio area of
the public beach and both were arrested for trespassing.
March 25, 500
block of Manatee Avenue, driver’s license. During
a routine traffic stop a man was cited for driving
with a suspended license and not wearing a seatbelt,
given a written warning for a headlight not working
and a verbal warning for having three children unsecured
in the front seat.
March 26, 500
block of 75th Street, burglary. According to the report,
a wallet and loaded pistol were stolen from an unlocked
car.
March 28, 100
block of 36th street, theft. Two men reported their
bikes stolen.
March 28, 5600
block of Holmes Boulevard, fraud. A woman reported
that she paid a man upfront for supplies to fence her
yard, but he had not returned to complete the work.
March
29, 200 block of Spruce Street, Anna Maria, criminal
mischief. An officer responded to an incident in which
the front fender of a woman’s car had been kicked
in. The woman told the officer there had been a disturbance
earlier in the day with several people upset over parking
tickets that had been issued and she believed one of
these people may be to blame for kicking her car. According
to the report, the car was illegally parked and had
clearly been vandalized. |
