Police monitor suspicious gray Kia circling neighborhood, Clearwater FL


Police are monitoring a gray Kia sedan registered to (name withheld) as it circles a neighborhood. The driver and vehicle behavior are suspicious, but the driver has not picked up anyone or left the vehicle. Officers have established a perimeter and are coordinating surveillance in the area near Highland Ave in Clearwater, FL.
Audio|Source: Clearwater Police - East
03:33
Transcript:
00:00
You say when there's a gray Kia that just turned north on Barbara, it said Uber, it looked like (name withheld) was driving it.
00:08
Yeah, I didn't see anybody in the back of it.
00:10
Okay. Might be a good idea, keep an eye on it.
00:11
If that was him driving, then he could be trying to pick him up.
00:15
Steve, it was a silver sedan, right, or gray.
00:18
I think I have it each sound on the camera.
00:19
Yeah, 10-4[1].
00:20
Gray, Kia.
00:21
Do we still have PC for (name withheld)?
00:23
Yes.
00:24
Yeah, that was (name withheld), though, I believe.
00:27
It's not (name withheld). Now it's pulling into the plaza east of Fairmont.
00:30
Dave, let's you just keep us on that.
00:31
It'll be helpful.
00:32
Okay, it's pulled into the plaza's 1,600 blocks of Highland, parked facing west.
00:36
No change with the key is still parked.
00:38
Copy, thank you.
00:39
Key 136 units code for? Close for.
00:43
Okay. Eagle still no change with the Kia.
00:46
I see there's a perimeter unit at Fairmont, Highland.
00:48
Are you able to keep an eye on that vehicle as well so that we can get back to our search of the neighbors?
00:52
10-4[1] we go.
00:53
Okay, we're at (number withheld) Windbine.
00:55
We're going to check this backyard here.
00:59
233, that Kia is going to exit the plaza.
01:02
Did it pick anybody off or did the driver ever get out?
01:04
Negative.
01:05
He's west down again on Fairmont.
01:07
Copy. I'm reading, so we just keep on him.
01:09
Certainly suspicious.
01:10
South down on Carlos from Fairmont.
01:11
If you can get the tag, give it to a dispatch.
01:14
We'll put in the comments.
01:15
Yeah, it's pulling down the target street now.
01:17
The vehicle is registered to (name withheld).
01:20
Doesn't (name withheld) have PC?
01:21
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was (name withheld) though.
01:24
But he's definitely suspicious that he's just circling this area.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation; message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Highland Ave, Clearwater, FL 33755
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