MF SO Cops Cartoon 7-1-09

I’m melting!
June 24, 11:25 a.m. — 1200 block of Fourth Street. Suspicious Person. A homeowner called police when someone knocked on their door, asking if they could come inside and get out of the rain. The homeowner was not sympathetic.

A decent caricature of the Wicked Witch. In retrospect, the pose is too static. The broom should be flying out of her right hand; her left hand should be clutching on the door frame.

MF LBO Cops cartoon 7-2-09

Claustrophobic people rejoice!
2:53 p.m. — 3500 block of GMD. Emergency. Police assisted in helping to free trapped and very relieved occupants from a stuck elevator.

ECO Cops Cartoon 7-2-09

Santa's helper?
June 12, 12:21 p.m. — 6225 State Road 64 East (Wal-Mart). Fraudulent use of a credit card. The victim reported that after her wallet was stolen she discovered that an unknown person charged $2,415.98. The charges occurred at Wal-Mart and Toys R Us.

MF SO Cops Cartoon 6-25-09

Lord of the rings

June 15, 7:30 p.m. — 1800 block of Marcia Street. Grand Theft. A 16-year-old girl was missing three rings valued at $400 from her nightstand. A 10-year-old friend and her 29-year-old father were frequent guests at the teenage girl’s house. The younger girl told the teen one day that her dad had the rings.

ECO Cops Cartoon 6-25-09

It's somebody else's shoe, man.
June 10, 9:30 p.m. — Lighthouse Drive at Cape Harbour Loop. Possession of marijuana. The officer stopped the vehicle for not having a tag light. When the officer approached the vehicle, he smelled marijuana. When asked, the defendant said he did not have any marijuana and agreed to a search of the vehicle. The officer found a bag of marijuana in the suspect’s left shoe.

MF LBO Cops 6-18-09

Scam artist foiled
10:34 a.m. — 3700 block of GMD. Phone Call. A woman reported that she answered her sister’s phone and some man claiming to be her grandson called her to explain that he was in a bind in Canada and needed $2,000 wired immediately. Too bad the scam artist didn’t know he was talking to a houseguest and not his “real grandma.”

MF ECO Cops 6-18-09

Ms. Bigfoot at Publix?
Reported June 3: 1:15 p.m. — 7290 55th Ave. East (Publix). Grand theft. The complainant reported that an unknown white female came into the store and stole 72 packs of razor blades totaling $1,262.29.

MF SO Cops 6-18-09

Transylvania twist
5 p.m. — 1300 block of South Osprey Avenue. Theft. A woman reported she purchased a bicycle from someone on eBay, but never received the bike. The woman sent an $800 money order to the seller. She thought the transaction was taking place in New York, but she discovered through eBay that the money order was sent to Romania.

MF LBO Cops 6-11-09

Hey, no need to be crabby
June 2 11:30 p.m. — 100 block of Overlook Park. Fishing. While police were closing Overlook Park, a man reported that a couple was harvesting stone crabs out of season. The crab snatchers could not be located.

MF ECO Cops 6-11-09

The Grinch strikes back?
May 27, 7:30 p.m. — 3200 block of 59th Drive East. Burglary to unoccupied structure. Unknown person(s) entered the victim’s storage warehouse by unknown means. Once inside, the person(s) stole about $50,000 in Christmas decorations. The decorations are used by the victim’s business — By Design LLC. It is unknown who may have burglarized the warehouse.

MF SO Cops 6-11-09

Beware garden gnomes with lawn clippers
June 1, 11:12 a.m. — 5000 block of Flagstone Drive. Complainant said someone walked into his yard and cut the electrical cord to his landscape lights. The cost to replace the wire was estimated at $104. There are no suspects.

MF ECO Cops 6-5-09

Dishonest Abe
May 23-
2:50 p.m. — 8330 Market St. (Publix). Uttering a forged bill. An unknown suspect reportedly passed an altered bill to one of the cashiers. The bill was really a $5 bill, but it had been altered to a $500 bill. The suspect then fled in an unknown direction by unknown means.

MF SO Cops 6-4-09

You’re waiting for whom?
8:32 p.m. — 8400 block of South Tamiami Trail. Resisting Arrest and Trespassing. A discount-store employee asked for the sheriff’s office’s help in getting a woman out of his store. She had been there for several hours and said she was waiting for George Clooney and Pete Townshend. When deputies tried to escort her out of the store, she resisted and had to be handcuffed. She may have been waiting at the store for a long time. What are the odds that both Clooney and Townshend walk into a Sarasota discount store at the same time?

MF LBO Cops 6-5-09

Secret agent foiled on Longboat?
10:44 a.m. — Off the Key. Boat Burglary. A man told police that someone broke into his anchored sailboat and stole his laptop computer, a power inverter with three fuses and a backpack that contained his British passport, birth certificate and several government papers. James Bond told police he needs to have his passport replaced as soon as possible.