On Patrol Longboat Key Police reports week of May 15, 2026
May 8
—Wages of Wrath
8:19 a.m.
—Officer Van Dyke, Officer Miano and Officer Pescuma responded to the 400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive for...
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