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Created On: 10/09/2012 05:55 AM
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 03/19/2018 09:52 AM
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3rdworldlover

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Indiana taking a stab at the title:
Police arrest man accused of running mobile meth lab in White Castle

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/n...gY94uY0M30ybJBHp0e6MP/
 03/19/2018 11:32 AM
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That's child's play Indiana.....

Florida woman, 32, gouged out mom's eyes with glass shards, screamed 'I'm a murderer,' cops say

A Florida daughter accused of carving her mother's eyeballs out with glass shards allegedly yelled "I'm a murderer, I'm a murderer!" before being taken into custody for the gruesome attack....
Balla handed over a pair of bloody keys to the home and detectives say they found her mother's eyeballs removed from their sockets and placed on top of a cardboard box in the garage.


You can't out batshit koo koo the FLA!
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 03/20/2018 04:33 AM
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And then we have our own self proclaimed captain dickhead out of Sebastian....

A Florida man was arrested early yesterday after telling police that his name was "Captain Dickhead."

Cops responding to a 1:45 AM disturbance at a residence in Sebastian encountered Pamela Alonge, who apologized for arguing loudly with her boyfriend in the home's backyard.

When asked multiple times to identify himself, the boyfriend refused and was "being evasive and argumentative with officers at the scene," according to an arrest affidavit.

After cops handcuffed the man, they took one more shot at extracting a name from him. "At which time he said his name was 'Captain Dickhead,'" an officer reported.



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 03/25/2018 05:41 PM
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Man in bull onesie accused of trying to burn down ex-lover's house with spaghetti sauce


You can't make this sh!t up....
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Florida Woman in 'romantic' relationship with brother charged after giving birth

Groveland...
A Florida woman reportedly in a "romantic sexual relationship" with her brother was charged after giving birth to his baby, officials said.

Pauline Elizabeth Martin, 33, told investigators she and her brother were living as a couple in Groveland when she became pregnant with his child, the Orlando Sentinel reported


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Florida man grabs alligator, chases customers in store while on beer run... <----Florida man - keepin it real!

Edited: 07/30/2018 at 07:56 AM by StirfryMcflurry
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It's all here

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Maternity photo shows mom-to-be posing with gator, shotgun and beer. Why? Because Florida. https://www.miamiherald.com/ne.../article226032995.html

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Well they have the Remington 870 and the Bud Light right. The 870 is the correct tool to apply to a can of BL. That stuff's undrinkable but great for shootin' at!
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Originally posted by: Bamboo

Maternity photo shows mom-to-be posing with gator, shotgun and beer. Why? Because Florida.



https://www.miamiherald.com/ne.../article226032995.html





Just gotta be Pasco County

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The alleged pistol-waving confrontation over a disabled parking spot at Disney's Animal Kingdom seems to count.
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Florida man carrying huge rattlesnake stopped by police after scared locals issue complaints
"He says that he found it and God compelled him to keep him safe from traffic," Jacksonville Beach Police Department Sgt. Larry Smith told WJAX, adding the man appeared to be doing some "show and tell" with the snake around the area.


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I'd like to know the percentage of 'Florida men and women' that have face tattoos...I bet it's pretty high.

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jeez, cant throw burritos or cookies now at people without getting arrested. looks like i need new hobbies.
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Because Pasco County is Ground Zero for Floriduh Man

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You can always spot the crazy eye....

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'Florida is just full of weirdos.' Team picks the wackiest Florida Man story of all Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226934959.html?fbclid=IwAR2ToJLUK9ptZBv0IX9bYLPAP-GlnOo3ajAj3fjb2IoX415re8Pl4UOVVVI#storylink=cpy

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 03/31/2019 03:47 PM
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Why 'Florida Man' is a thing: Weirdness in other states goes unnoticed
USA TODAY Opinion Gil Smart,USA TODAY Opinion 6 hours ago


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The Florida Man Challenge Is a Bizarre News Bonanza

So the new thing is to Google "Florida Man" and your birthday, and see which nutty story comes up.

Here's mine:

"Florida man uses fake ID, steals $41K in dental implants, $10K for French bulldog."

Because if I have 51 grand in ill-gotten gains lying around, I'm headed straight for the dentist - maybe stopping off at the pet store on the way.

We're tempted to say this type of thing happens only in Florida. That's why "Florida Man" is a thing, right?

Well, yes and no.

Florida definitely has more than its share of oddballs, bumbling would-be criminals and drunken buffoons. But I hail from Pennsylvania, and let me tell you, the Keystone State is no slouch in this regard.

So why is "Florida Man" a thing, but "Pennsylvania Man" isn't?

Three words: public records laws.

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Florida has one of the most robust public records laws in the nation. Documents, photos, even videos created by a public agency are readily available - with some notable exceptions (and here I'm thinking of the video of New England Patriots' owner Robert Kraft in that massage parlor).

Police agencies routinely make all this available to the news media. I was added to the distribution list for one local police agency without even asking to be; now I get daily arrest reports via email.

Why there isn't a 'Pennsylvania Man'

Let me tell you how this process often worked in Pennsylvania.

Reporter: Officer, can I get a copy of the arrest report?

Officer: No.

Well, OK, it wasn't quite that blatant. But Pennsylvania's open records laws permit law enforcement to withhold information if it's considered a record of a criminal investigation. And that was often the rationale: We can't give you the arrest report because ... it's part of the investigation.

Some agencies - and here I'm looking at you, City of Lancaster Police Department - took it to ridiculous extremes. On a typical Saturday night, this is how it worked.

Editor: Did you get anything from the city?

Reporter: They said the printer was down.

Editor: Can't they email the arrest reports?

Reporter: They said there's a problem with the computers.

Whether police didn't want to give us the info or it was just too much of a bother, I never knew. Sometimes we did get reports, but no one in the newsroom knew how much was being released, what was being withheld and why.

I knew some cops who said arrest reports could be withheld for a variety of reasons - the mood of the desk sergeant, even the perception that the accused might be embarrassed if the report got out.

Other agencies did provide arrest reports. Usually. And in almost all cases, if the cops wanted you to have the report - if it made them look good, if it was a big enough case - you'd get it.

But bottom line, Pennsylvania's open records laws were and are pathetic. And that's just the way it is.

'Florida Man' is uniquely ... Floridian

When I came to Florida and realized what journalists could get, I was astonished.

You mean, law enforcement provides you with this info as a matter of course, without complaining or throwing roadblocks in your way or claiming it's crucial info in an investigation?

Yep.

And this, more than any other reason, is why "Florida Man" exists.

It feeds on itself: The Florida media get the info and run the stories. The stories get noticed, they feed the "Florida Man" narrative, so we're on the lookout for ever-more Florida Man stories.

Our public records laws being what they are, there's always more grist for the mill.

It's funny, but it's not always funny. Mental illness surely plays a role in some Florida Man stories.

And there's a clear class aspect to it: We're laughing at working-class travails, basically.

So there's reason to take the Florida Man phenomenon with a grain or three of salt.

Then again, on Feb. 25 came what could be my favorite recent Florida Man story, out of Palm Beach County: "Florida Man Steals $33,000 Worth of Rare Coins, Cashes Them in CoinStar Machine for $29.30."

If Feb. 25 is your birthday - I declare you the winner.

Gil Smart is a columnist at Treasure Coast (Florida) Newspapers, where this column first appeared. You can follow him on Twitter: @TCPalmGilSmart.

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Nice find Ding. Florida man is a phenomenon because of 2 things....1) somebody shook the US and all the loose ends fell to Florida, AND....2) the damn Yankees started coming down here.....I bet 80% of "Florida Man" people are transplants from some cold climate.
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