Eye on Gulfport: Rather than a traditional police blotter, GPD sent us a sampling of services the police provided in Gulfport from Oct. 23-29.
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Our weekly report contains examples of calls for service we handled throughout the week. It is not a full report for all calls; for a call log, please refer to Pinellas County’s Crime Viewer.
Eye on Gulfport: Oct. 23-29 Gulfport Police Weekly Activity ReportPatrol DivisionDispatched calls for service: 102Self-Initiated calls for service: 391Incident/offense reports: 24Arrests made: 3Traffic/vessel stops: 50Parking violations: 30Ordinance violations: 28House checks: 57Look through the Eye on Gulfport’s report for Oct. 16-22.Examples of arrests or significant incidents or calls this week:
A resident reported that sometime over the last month, her passport and power of attorney documents were stolen from her safe. She believes her brother may have taken the documents, but there is no evidence of that at this time.
Officers responded with rescue personnel for a 911 call received from a resident because his wife was very intoxicated and he was not able to wake her. Gulfport Fire Department personnel assisted his wife.
A resident arrived home and found damage to the deadbolt faceplate of the front door. There were pry marks in the area of the doorknob latch, but the dead bolt did not appear to have been tampered with. It was unknown when this exactly occurred.
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Someone got into an unlocked vehicle overnight and took money from within.
An intoxicated woman was banging on the door of a house. She pulled a garden hose across the driveway and knocked over a motorcycle, damaging it. She claimed that the homeowners hacked her Facebook account and that she was given this information telepathically. The resident does not know her.
A person reported that their vehicle’s driver’s side mirror was damaged while parked in a parking lot. The mirror was removed, and the wires were cut.
[Read more below]Look through the Eye on Gulfport’s report for Oct. 9-15.
A canvas canopy was stolen from a business. A surveillance camera captured a young man stealing the canopy.
A resident was arrested for an outstanding warrant for failure to appear.
A resident reported seeing a person actively trying to break into the shed in their backyard. K9 Honcho tracked the suspect, who was arrested a short distance away.
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A person who was trespassed from Stormrunners in September returned to the property, which was caught on surveillance camera. The person left the business before officers arrived and could not be located. This case will be forwarded to the State Attorney’s Office for prosecution.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office requested that a Gulfport officer contact a resident to obtain a written statement from him, swearing that he did not give permission for someone to use his identity to rent property in Hillsborough County.
An intoxicated woman requested to speak with an officer regarding a case she was involved in as a victim. The responding officers addressed her concerns and then safely transported her to her residence.
Look through the Eye on Gulfport’s report for Oct. 2-8.The Gabber Newspaper? We Go There
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