BEACH BEAT

Bradenton Beach

1/27, 12:04 a.m., assist other agency/DUI, 2200 Gulf Drive N. While driving away from a previous call, the officer was behind an SUV he had seen previously parked near his call. While following it north on Gulf Drive, it was observed swerving in and out of the bike lane and across the center line. When the officer initiated a traffic stop and approached the driver, he smelled the strong odor of alcohol and the man appeared intoxicated. When asked for his driver’s license and paperwork, the driver handed the officer a credit card. A deputy from the MCSO traffic unit arrived to take over the DUI investigation. The driver was arrested after refusing to cooperate with the officer’s request for a sobriety test.

1/27, 7:50 p.m., domestic disturbance, 2000 Gulf Drive N. The officer responded to a domestic disturbance at Bungalow Beach Resort. He made contact with male and female vacation renters whose neighbors reported them as arguing loudly. According to the police report, the male tried to shut the door on the officer and was being uncooperative, so he was detained in handcuffs. The most recent argument was over a broken TV that had upset the male subject and caused him to allegedly be verbally abusive to the female. Both parties told police nothing had become physical, and the male subject denied any argument at all. No one was arrested and management evicted them from the property.

Holmes Beach

1/26, 11:27 p.m., county warrant, 200 Elm Ave. W. An officer working on a vehicle crash in the 4100 block of Gulf Drive said two people involved in the crash left the scene and got on the Monkey Bus shuttle. The officer contacted the Monkey Bus and the driver said the two subjects were still on the bus and he would meet the officer on Elm Avenue. When the officer met the shuttle, he ran a warrant check on the pair; the female subject came back having an active warrant. She was arrested and taken to Manatee County Jail.

1/26, 9:58 p.m., missing person recovery, 5337 Gulf Drive. The officer was dispatched to the Freckled Fin Irish Pub in reference to a citizen arrest. An employee said there was an elderly man at the bar that didn’t know where he was and possibly needed assistance. The subject appeared to be suffering from some sort of cognitive disability. The man was wearing pajama pants and matched the description of a missing person that the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office was looking for. The man was transported to Bradenton where the Sheriff’s Office took custody of him.