Eye on Gulfport: Rather than a traditional police blotter, GPD sent us a sampling of services the police provided in Gulfport from Nov. 27-Dec. 3.
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Our weekly report contains examples of calls for service we handled throughout the week. These calls resulted in a report being generated, an arrest being made, or are important for other squads to know about. It is not a full report for all calls; for a call log, please refer to Pinellas County’s Crime Viewer.
Eye on Gulfport: Nov. 27-Dec. 3 Gulfport Police Weekly Activity Report
Patrol Division
Dispatched calls for service: 90
Self-Initiated calls for service: 313
Incident/offense reports: 28
Arrests made: 6
Traffic/vessel stops: 26
Parking violations: 16
Ordinance violations: 29
House checks: 34
Look through the Eye on Gulfport’s report for Nov. 13-19.
Examples of arrests or significant incidents or calls this week:
A resident found a man in their backyard. He appeared to be intoxicated and left before officers arrived. He did not attempt to get into the residence or take anything from the yard.
Officers arrested an intoxicated man for striking his adult son. The son said he was trying to prevent his father from driving, which is why his dad hit him. His dad said he did hit his son, but he was not attempting to drive, and he also denied being intoxicated.
Officers responded to the report of a crash in the 6000 block of Gulfport Boulevard. Two adults were riding a stand-up scooter when they were struck from behind by a van. The van driver did not stop or call for assistance. Both adults on the stand-up scooter sustained serious injuries and were taken to a nearby trauma center. Due to the seriousness of their injuries, GPD asked the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) to conduct the investigation. They have located the van and driver and made an arrest.
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Officers responded to the report of a domestic between cousins. When they arrived, they found a man and a woman with injuries. After conducting their investigation, they determined that the female half was the primary aggressor. She was arrested for battery (person 65 years or older).
A resident reported seeing an unresponsive person behind the wheel of a vehicle in the roadway. The driver showed signs of impairment, and after a driving under the influence investigation was arrested.
A resident reported that a 9mm handgun and a necklace were stolen from her residence. She suspects it may have been two transients she allowed to stay during Thanksgiving.
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Several kids were seen on the property of a church. One of them apparently set a wreath on fire inside the building: the wreath and a plastic table sustained damage.
A business owner reported that a guitar, ukulele, and laptop were stolen from her shop.
Officers responded to an alarm at a convenience store. Three males wearing masks and gloves attempted to smash the front windows of the store with a window punch tool. The windows are damaged but did not shatter. They were able to pry open the back door to the business with a yellow crowbar. Once inside, the suspects filled a large black garbage bag with several cartons of Newport and American Spirit cigarettes and left the store.
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A car rental business reported that a person captured on surveillance video was seen getting into five rental vehicles, one vehicle there for repair, and also took a package next to the front door of the business.
Officers responded to a call from a man experiencing an emotional crisis. He was transported to a nearby hospital.
A resident reported that a porch pirate stole a package from their front porch. The theft was caught on surveillance video.
Officers responded to the report of a domestic. A woman was arrested for pushing and hitting her ex-boyfriend with a remote control.
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