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Nightwatch

Nightwatch Blotter: 7 PM to 11 PM, Sarasota County

Late police log for Sarasota County, Sarasota and Longboat Key: 14 logged calls from 7 PM to 11 PM, block-level only, plus an SCSO Englewood gambling release.

Shift: Thursday, Oct. 1, 7 PM to 11 PM ET. Agencies: SCSO, SPD, LBKPD. Sources: Sarasota County 911 Dispatch Reporting.

Time Call type Location Agency Disposition
7:00 PM Suspicious incident 1700 block of 21st Street, Sarasota SPD Logged
7:09 PM Assist other agency 2800 block of Cambridge Drive, Sarasota County SCSO Logged
7:13 PM Highway obstruction Mink Road at Myrtle Street, Sarasota County SCSO Logged
7:18 PM Assist other agency 700 block of Bayport Way, Longboat Key LBKPD Logged
7:26 PM Suspicious incident 100 block of Happy Haven Drive, Sarasota County SCSO Logged
7:29 PM Officer public service 800 block of Tarpon Avenue, Sarasota SPD Logged
7:34 PM Officer public service 7800 block of S Leewynn Drive, Sarasota County SCSO Logged
8:36 PM Civil disturbance 400 block of Bradenton Road, Sarasota County SCSO Logged
8:57 PM Impaired driver 1900 block of Gulf Of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key LBKPD Logged
9:01 PM Trespassing 2400 block of Watts Way, Sarasota SPD Logged
9:02 PM Abandoned tow 1500 block of State Street, Sarasota SPD Logged
10:19 PM Suspicious vehicle 32nd Street at N Osprey Avenue, Sarasota SPD Logged
10:44 PM Patrol request 800 block of Longboat Club Road, Longboat Key LBKPD Logged
10:59 PM Patrol request 1700 block of Benjamin Franklin Drive, Sarasota SPD Logged

From the release desk

  • SCSO posted that a joint operation with the Florida Gaming Control Commission closed illegal gambling establishments in Englewood and seized 164 slot machines. Release. Disposition: Release posted.

Notes from the desk

The late window filled without asking for a second pot. Fourteen rows, mostly patrols and the suspicious column, and the scanner never raised its voice.

— Owen

Public records, shown as posted. Entries are call types, not findings. Locations are block level. Any arrest mentioned is an accusation, not a conviction. Call logs list calls and do not show outcomes.