florida

  • Man steals woman’s ashes and threatens to snort them

    A man from Florida has been arrested for stealing the ashes of his former housemate’s sister. The man held joint ownership of the woman’s ashes and allegedly drove past her mother’s residence, screaming that he would snort them. The following day the man was arrested and held on a...
  • Man freed of stabbing murder thanks to Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law

    Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground law has gotten a lot of global criticism after the seemingly unnecessary shooting death of Travyon Martin in February 2012.  But that doesn’t mean it’s not still being used as defense and getting people off of murder. A 25-year old Miami man has been...
  • Wealthy Florida man adopts adult girlfriend as his daughter

    So how do you get out of a losing money in a civil lawsuit for killing someone by hitting them with your car when your drunk?  Why, adopt your adult girlfriend of course. How John Goodman’s lawyers ever came up with this idea or why John Goodman went along...
  • Police break up tri-generational meth operation [allegedly]

    The Dixie County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of four members of a Florida family that they believe have been involved in the clandestine manufacture of methamphetamine. Major Scott Harden expressed his surprise when it came to light that they had arrested three generations of a single family:...
  • Florida woman’s curse costs her over $130,000

    A Florida woman, Priti Mahalanobis is a college educated mother of two. She ran a business and was going through a tough time when in the mail, she received a 20$ voucher for a psychic reading so she went to see Peaches Stevens, AKA Mrs. Starr. The psychic told Mrs....
  • Octogenarian jailed over fake breast exams

    An 81-year-old South Florida man will spend 13 months of his twilight years behind bars for pretending to be a doctor and offering free breast exams. On Friday, Phillip Winikoff pleaded no contest to eight charges related to his bogus exams, which took place in a short-lived door-to-door groping...
  • iPhone captures Grandmother shooting son-in-law

    Divorce is not a nice thing for anyone to go through. It’s even more difficult when your in-laws get involved using firearms. Thankfully, these days we have technology like smartphones to help us capture the acts of others as they happen to bring to court to prove you are...
  • bo diddley jr

    At Bo Diddley Plaza, arrested occupants include Bo Diddley

    The Occupy movement has spread to Gainesville, Florida, with protesters converging upon the recently-renamed Bo Diddley Plaza to address their concerns peacefully.  The local police arrived, however, and ordered the group of 70 protesters to leave.  Thirty stayed, with most being subsequently arrested – including Bo Diddley’s oldest son....
  • brent wooddell

    Inception meets The Wire: Sting within a sting catches detective red-handed

    How do you catch a crooked cop?  Set him up as an undercover agent buying pills from another undercover officer, let him confiscate the money, then count the money he’s brought back to the station.  If it’s less than what he confiscated, you’ve got yourself a crook. Enter Detective...