Mental Illness Archives

Homeless Florida Man’s Delusional Vandalism Spree Makes Great Headlines

Okaloosa Island (WTFF) – A homeless man with apparent mental illness was arrested for reportedly vandalizing at least twenty cars in a parking lot, resulting in a mass media click-bait frenzy. »

Naked Florida Man Didn’t Actually Plant a Bomb in Airport Bathroom

Daytona Beach (WTFF) – Phew, false alarm everyone. The naked Florida man who said he put a bomb in a bathroom at the Daytona Beach International Airport was full of shit. »

Florida Woman Stabs Her Mother in Head

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) — A Tallahassee woman has been charged with attempted murder after officers say she stabbed her mother in the face and chest. Around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, officers with the Tallahassee Police Department responded to a home in the 900 block of Hawthorne Street. They found a woman covered in blood around her […] »

Woman linked to theft of car after teeth found inside

LADY LAKE – Police were able to help link a toothless woman to a vehicle theft after they found her dentures inside the vehicle. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to Parkinsonia Street in Lady Lake on Friday to reports of suspicious person trying to enter homes, and where they spotted a […] »

Florida Teen Kills his Nudist Grandma and Drives Around in a Minivan With her Dead Body

A teenager killed his grandmother in a bloody struggle inside her home at a nudist community in Lutz, Florida and then drove around with her body in a minivan for nearly five hours, authorities said. Brandon Machetto, 18, had been living with his grandmother, 74-year-old Sylvia Schmitt, for the past several weeks and they apparently […] »