Nightwatch
Nightwatch Blotter: Halloween Night, 6 PM to 3 AM, Sarasota, Venice and Longboat Key
Saturday night's police log for Sarasota County, the City of Sarasota, Venice and Longboat Key: 20 logged calls from Halloween night, block-level only, plus one sheriff's release on a fake horse-sale website.
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Shift: Saturday, Oct. 31, 6 PM to Sunday, Nov. 1, 3:08 AM ET. What the log covers: this Sunday edition is Saturday night. The county dispatch log keeps a rolling 24 hours, so Thursday and Friday nights had already rolled off. Clocks fell back an hour at 2 AM, and times are shown as the log lists them. Agencies: SCSO, SPD, VPD, LBKPD. Sources: Sarasota County 911 Dispatch Reporting, Sarasota County Sheriff's Office news releases.
Halloween night (Oct. 31 to Nov. 1)
| Time | Call type | Location | Agency | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:13 PM | Abandoned tow | 100 block of Circuit Road, Sarasota County | SCSO | Logged |
| 7:43 PM | Suspicious person | 300 block of N Cattlemen Road, Sarasota County | SCSO | Logged |
| 7:49 PM | Suspicious incident | S Tamiami Trail at Oscar Scherer State Park, Sarasota County | SCSO | Logged |
| 8:11 PM | Traffic crash | Central Sarasota Parkway at Potter Park Drive, Sarasota County | SCSO | Logged |
| 8:18 PM | Officer public service | Clark Road at Beneva Road, Sarasota County | SCSO | Logged |
| 8:18 PM | Reckless driver/vehicle | 5500 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key | LBKPD | Logged |
| 9:01 PM | Suspicious vehicle | Dr Martin Luther King Jr Way at N Washington Boulevard, Sarasota | SPD | Logged |
| 9:23 PM | Abandoned tow | 400 block of N Lemon Avenue, Sarasota | SPD | Logged |
| 9:58 PM | Disabled vehicle | 700 block of N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota | SPD | Logged |
| 10:14 PM | Suspicious incident | Golf Street at S Washington Boulevard, Sarasota | SPD | Logged |
| 10:15 PM | Assist other agency | 200 block of Harbor Drive S, Venice | VPD | Logged |
| 10:34 PM | Noise disturbance | State Street at S Lemon Avenue, Sarasota | SPD | Logged |
| 10:39 PM | Traffic crash | Fruitville Road at I-75 southbound, Sarasota County | SCSO | Logged |
| 10:56 PM | Noise disturbance | 2400 block of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, Sarasota County | SCSO | Logged |
| 11:31 PM | Reckless driver/vehicle | Stickney Point Road at S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota County | SCSO | Logged |
| 11:46 PM | Suspicious vehicle | 4400 block of S Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota County | SCSO | Logged |
| 12:26 AM | Assist other agency | 1700 block of S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota | SPD | Logged |
| 12:57 AM | Impaired driver | Stickney Point Road at Gateway Avenue, Sarasota County | SCSO | Logged |
| 1:08 AM | Officer public service | 500 block of Bay Isles Parkway, Longboat Key | LBKPD | Logged |
| 2:07 AM | Suspicious person | Main Street at N Lemon Avenue, Sarasota | SPD | Logged |
From the release desk
- SCSO (Oct. 30): Detectives, working with the Florida Attorney General's Office and FDLE, seized the domain of a fraudulent website that took buyers' money for horses that did not exist. Release
Notes from the desk
The clocks fell back at 2 AM, which means the one o'clock hour happened twice and the overnight shift got paid in déjà vu. I spent the extra hour finishing the candy that came with the car, which is the only trick-or-treating this dashboard has ever seen.
— 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.
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