Eye on Gulfport: Rather than a traditional police blotter, GPD sent us a sampling of services the police provided in Gulfport from Nov. 13-19.
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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. 13-19 Gulfport Police Weekly Activity ReportPatrol DivisionDispatched calls for service: 99Self-Initiated calls for service: 281Incident/offense reports: 14Arrests made: 5Traffic/vessel stops: 54Parking violations: 19Ordinance violations: 23House checks: 28Look through the Eye on Gulfport’s report for Nov. 6-12.Examples of arrests or significant incidents or calls this week:
A resident reported that her autistic son left the residence to go for a walk and had not returned in over an hour. Officers checked the areas he typically frequents, but could not find him. A neighbor saw him and brought him home.
Officers responded to a report of gunshots. Shell casings were found and collected in the area, but no one was in the area when officers arrived.
A resident sent money to a friend in South Africa via Western Union. The friend did not receive the funds.
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A resident called 911 to report that her adult son stabbed her husband. She said the son was outside the residence, and she and her husband locked themselves inside. When officers arrived, the son was seen running away. He was arrested and charged with attempted murder, battery on a person over 65, and battery on a law enforcement officer.
Three residents reported that their “Winway needs to go away” signs were stolen from their yards.
A resident reported that someone appeared to have deposited $5,000 into her account, and she then received phone calls from a scammer telling her to purchase multiple gift cards to repay the $5,000.
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A resident reported that someone took her iPhone from her unlocked vehicle sometime overnight.
Three men got into an argument at the temporary floating dock over issues with boats on Boca Ciega Bay. They all claimed to have been threatened by the other parties.
A woman grabbed another woman by the throat inside a bar. There’s video evidence of the incident.
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Officer Gischel ran a license plate outside a business and discovered an outstanding warrant issued by Hillsborough County for the registered owner of the vehicle. When the registered owner exited the business, she was arrested for the outstanding warrant (for failure to return hired or leased property). She was transported to the Pinellas County jail.
Witnesses observed a neighbor abusing her dog by physically disciplining it and throwing it around the yard. The investigating officer saw the dog, a puppy, and it did not have any outward signs of abuse. The case has been forwarded to the State Attorney’s Office for prosecution.
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