Man throws drink at employee in cafe dispute

Heard on: Sarasota County Sheriff, Venice and North Port Police

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Is it reference to signal forty-eight?

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Ten 14 . Ten forty-one.

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Ten 14 .

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Tropical Smoothie Cafe at (number withheld) Tamiami Trail, (number withheld) Tamiami Trail, Tropical Smoothie Cafe.

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Complaint advised a male was inside the restaurant and was in a verbal 22 with employees.

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Proceeded to throw a smoothie on an employee.

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The subject has since left towards Salford in a black sedan bearing Florida tag (number withheld) (number withheld).

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Subject's going to be a white male, salt and pepper hair, approximately.

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Forty to 50 years of age.

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Yeah, we're 51 for play on Bobcat.

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When I return to report, does that tag come back?

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The

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address.

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Sorry, there.

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Go back to an address in Frostproof to a (name withheld) matching that physical description.

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Is this an employee calling in or a witness?

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It's gonna be a witness.

7/23/2026 02:45 PM

Assault Report

S Tamiami Trl, North Port, FL 34287

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, a caller reported a disturbance at a cafe on South Tamiami Trail, where a man in his 40s to 50s was in a verbal argument with employees and allegedly threw a smoothie on an employee before leaving in a black sedan toward the Salford area. The vehicle’s Florida license plate was checked and appeared to match a man with a similar description at an address in Frostproof. The incident was reported by a witness at the scene.