This morning, a Miami man told an NBC reporter that he plans to secure his shirtless body to a post outside while the Category 4 Hurricane Irma hits. »
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Florida HQ on Hurricane Irma
Irma on track to be the most catastrophic storm for Florida, says Governor Rick Scott “Hurricane Irma is beginning to better, err, to batter the Florida Keys with dangerous winds…” One good thing about our state is we have very interpretive interpreters… »
Florida Man seeks threesome to ‘ride out the hericane’
Just in case you’re interested, here’s the original link: https://keys.craigslist.org/m4w/d/do-you-need-place-to-ride-out/6296305618.html do you need a place to ride out storm (jacksonville) hello ladys single man here looking for any single women needing a place to stay in Jacksonville to ride out the hericane i live alone but hate to sleep alone its more fun to cuddle […] »
Florida man falls to death installing storm shutters ahead of Hurricane Irma
DAVIE, Fla. – The first Hurricane Irma-related death to be reported in South Florida happened Thursday in Davie, authorities said. Davie police said a 57-year-old man died after falling off a ladder while putting up shutters at a home in the Shenandoah area. “I never seen anything like that in my life, though. So, it’s […] »
New Florida Record
Ladies and Gentlemen, I think it actually fucking happened… within the last 24 hours, as everyone scrambles to prepare for Hurricane Irma by purchasing copious amounts of drugs and alcohol, the news stations have not reported any stories of outlandishly depraved nonsense taking place… Either everyone’s too busy to get in trouble, or the news […] »
Polk County Sheriff’s Office tells evacuees seeking shelter from Hurricane Irma that they will be escorted to jail if they have a warrant
Redditor GALACTICA-Actual has a brilliant exposition on this: I’m ex law enforcement, and yes, this was an asshole move. I don’t know anything about this guy, so I’m not going to try to speak to his motivations, but this is problematic in a few ways. Yes, if we run someone for a warrant and they […] »
Florida Dad celebrates ‘one last drug binge’ with the mother of his child by overdosing
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Police say a Florida woman invited the father of her 4-year-old daughter to join her for “one last drug binge” before she entered a rehab program. »
10 Safest Florida Cities from Hurricanes
Did your city make the list? »
Florida Man loses 2-year-old while playing fantasy football
Not everyone is cut out for babysitting. Take Holiday, Florida man Jesus Martinez for an example. He’s 27 years old, and like most people who have no real talent or interesting hobbies, he plays fantasy football to numb his miserable existence and fill his brain with irrelevant distractions. While thumbing away mindlessly at his draft […] »
Florida Man invites his overseas parents to help beat his wife
RIVERVIEW — Three foreign nationals from India were arrested Saturday after deputies found a beaten woman and her child being held inside her home, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. »
Tampa Man eats his girlfriend out at Clearwater Beach in front of families on Labor Day weekend
If you happened upon Clearwater beach last Sunday afternoon in celebration of Labor Day, you may have spotted some of the indigenous Florida wildlife, called “Trampites,” happily at play. »
Top Ten Reasons Hurricane Irma is Going to Kill You and Everything You Love
This is totally not click-bait. We are totally NOT exploiting a potential natural disaster that could kill thousands of people just to boost our advertising revenue. Nobody does this, especially not big news sites. »
Florida delivery man hit by police car and then arrested
A Jimmy John’s delivery cyclist was hit in a downtown crosswalk Thursday afternoon by a Miami police officer driving an unmarked car. But it was the sandwich deliveryman who went to jail. For 12 hours. Mason Morales was arrested for criminal mischief after he threw his bike against the car in anger, then handcuffed in […] »
Florida Man shoots rabid fox after trying to kill it with his iPhone
Henry “Butch” Antauer, 74, was picking up fallen tree branches at his cabin home when he came across a common sight — a fox. »
Homeless Couple Moves Under Big Pine House with All Their Possessions
Joseph DiNovo owns a house at 30152 Coconut Highway, but like most people in the Keys, lives elsewhere. »
Florida Man Shoots Wife to Showcase Fashionable Armor
Imagine a world where you can safely go to Publix without some idiot “standing their ground” and killing you. Imagine this kind of safety, while also looking sexy… Thanks to Miguel Caballero, it’s now possible. He’s bringing the works of his company “MC Armor” to Miami, offering fashionable bullet-proof clothing to The Gunshine State. »
Captain who admitted drinking Long Island Ice Teas before grounding yacht gets deal
Will not face BUI charge, despite admission »
Father with baby in car passes out at stoplight, hard lemonade in hand
A Melbourne dad was on his was to pick up his second child at school, when he passed out at a stoplight. The car was seen stopped in the middle of Hibiscus Boulevard, near the intersection of U.S. 1. “He could’ve rolled out in the middle of that intersection. This intersection has accidents all the […] »
Ax-Wielding Florida Man Saves Girlfriend From Home Invasion
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (WFLA) – A quick-thinking Florida homeowner is being credited with saving his girlfriend from a violent home invader. Hearing a knock on her front door, Christina Robles answered to find 17-year-old Matthew Cleveland, who asked for the location of a Largo park. When she didn’t know where it was, cops say Cleveland […] »
Woman urinates herself, yells racial slurs during DUI arrest
Suspect accused of driving wrong way with son in car »
7-foot gator goes for a swim in a neighbor’s pool in Lithia
LITHIA, FL (WFLA) – A Florida family woke up Wednesday morning to find an uninvited guest in their pool, a big alligator. »
Florida Man caught stealing license tag off PBSO car with deputies inside
WEST PALM BEACH – Stealing a license plate attached to a vehicle is always a bad idea. Stealing it while three Palm Beach County Sheriff’s detectives sit inside conducting surveillance is probably worse. »
Tampa Teacher fired after tweeting about Harvey being Karma
TAMPA (tampabay.com) — A tweet suggesting that the devastation of Hurricane Harvey was “instant karma” for the red state of Texas has cost a University of Tampa professor his job — making him just the latest academic fired for off-duty speech. The University first distanced itself from sociology professor Kenneth L. Storey on Monday. But […] »
Florida Man arrested for running naked through Wal-Mart parking lot
A homeless Broward County man was arrested over the weekend after authorities alleged he ran naked and intoxicated through the parking lot of a West Palm Beach Wal-Mart. »
Florida Man uses White Nationalist Flag to Attack a Costa Rican
Hollywood, FL: In this video, a man is seen holding a hybrid of the Confederate Battle Flag and The Black Cross of Southern Nationalism. The latter flag’s design was stolen from Saint Andrew’s Cross (Celtic/Christian) and repurposed by America’s neo-racists, like the ones that showed up in Charlottsville. According to League of the South, a […] »
Shirtless Micanopy Man threatens parents with rifle and dead possum
“Get off my road!” he yelled at parents outside a school waiting to pick up their kids. »
Leftover chicken wings help police bust Cape Coral man for DUI
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – Wednesday, police arrested a Cape Coral man suspected of drunk driving, but it wasn’t any ordinary DUI case. »
Florida dad threatens to blow up school in Chipley
CHIPLEY – Imagine you’re at Kate Smith Elementary school waiting to pick up your kid, only to find that you’re not authorized… Jonathan Allen, 32, had this experience on August 28, after his estranged wife removed him from the list of persons authorized to pick up the child from school. Years of Florida sun have […] »
Florida mom leaves toddler in car while shopping at Publix
A woman in Key Largo thought she had a perfectly good reason to leave her toddler alone in a car at Publix while she went shopping on a Sunday night. When deputies asked her why she left her 1-year-old baby alone in the car while she perused the produce aisle, she told them this: “This […] »
Florida Woman stabs her electrocuted boyfriend, tells cops a ‘black man with a mohawk’ did it
The lives of Florida Couples remain a mystery to many. They are reclusive creatures who only venture out late at night to party, and are rarely seen in broad daylight. Thanks to the blunders of an Avon Park duo, we have yet another narrative of what really happens inside these Florida Couple habitats. It all […] »
Panhandle Man masturbates at Panama City Beach wearing a ‘Be Free’ shirt.
Where do people from Georgia come to vacation? Well, the panhandle of course. It’s still the south, but with way better beaches. They can feel right at home surrounded by confederate battle flags and high school drop outs. An off duty cop from the Peach State brought his wife to Panama City Beach for a […] »
Schools in Venice refuse to close during flooding; school bus nearly capsizes
VENICE, FL (WWSB) – The Venice Police Department was on the scene of a school bus taking on water Monday morning. Around 7 a.m., officers helped rescue three special needs students and two adults from the school bus on East Venice Avenue around 7 a.m. Everyone is Ok and no injuries were reported. Source: mysuncoast.com »
Florida Man robs the woman who gave him a place to sleep
During an interview, he said he robbed the Good Samaritan "because she was being mean to him." »
Kissimmee officials have voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries
Kissimmee has approved a ban on medical marijuana dispensaries. City leaders voted on the ban because they claim a new state law doesn’t give them enough room to regulate the industry. »
Florida police fatally shoot woman threatening suicide
Authorities say a Florida police SWAT team shot and killed an armed woman who had been threatening suicide. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office says a Sunrise Police SWAT team went to an apartment Friday where an armed woman had barricaded herself inside and was threatening to kill herself. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright said in a […] »
Panhandle Man found not guilty of sexually abusing family dog, Baby Girl
An Escambia County jury on Thursday found Bradley Jean Hubbard not guilty of sexually abusing the family dog. »
2 dead bodies found in Weirsdale Dollar General parking lot
UPDATE: A local anonymous tip claims that the 2 dead bodies had bullet holes in them, though news source have not stated that. WEIRSDALE — Two bodies were found Saturday morning inside a vehicle parked in a Dollar General parking lot. As of 11:30 a.m., the Marion County Sheriff’s Office was not providing identities of […] »
Florida Man stuffs $1,000 in his rectum to hide it from deputies
From the Marion County Sheriff’s Office FB page: “CRACK MONEY”: MAN STUFFS OVER $1,000 IN RECTUM IN ATTEMPT TO HIDE IT FROM DEPUTIES To quote everyone’s mom, “Don’t put that in your mouth, you don’t know where it’s been!!” »
Marion County man hides heroin in prosthetic leg during jail booking
MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A Marion County man attempted to sneak heroin into jail using his prosthetic leg, deputies said. Deputies said William Conley, 53, was being booked into the Marion County Jail on Thursday when two deputies ordered him to remove his prosthetic leg so they could search it. »
Florida Man caught rolling a synthetic marijuana blunt allegedly punches off-duty female deputy
A Florida man allegedly punched an off-duty sergeant after being confronted for rolling a blunt in public. »