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Today in “Stories from Florida,” we have a woman who was charged with criminal transmission of HIV through saliva (which…can’t be done), a man who shot his son-in-law over the television, and another whose heart was broken when he learned his previously held record of catching the biggest shark was taken away after he ate it.

We can’t make this stuff up.

Wrong Charge?

Last week, 53-year-old Lybette Dunn spit towards the front of a police cruiser after being arrested for trespassing, and obstructing traffic by standing in the road. But it’s what she was charged with that’s turning heads.

According to the Broward County Police transcript, Dunn was attempting to transmit HIV:

The spit struck the back of my neck, right side of my face, right arm, and throughout the interior of my vehicle. After dealing with the defendant through arrest [sic] defendant is known to have multiple diseases. This exposure was report [sic] to the on-duty supervisor, and this Deputy was treated for said exposure.

Problem here? HIV cannot be transmitted through saliva. It can, however, be transmitted through sexual acts and the transmission of blood. But outdated understandings of the virus continue to ostracize those infected.

As for Dunn, she was held in jail on $1,000 bail. Read more here…[ThinkProgress]

Remote Hog:

An 89-year-old Jacksonville man has been charged with aggravated battery after he shot his son-in-law following a dispute over the television.

Apparently, television is a life and death situation in this household.

During the argument, Kenon Lee Ferguson told his 59-year-old son-in-law “you don’t own anything in this house,” a police report said.

Joel Edward Perry responded, “do something about it,” the report said.

A witness told police Ferguson went to his bedroom and returned with a .38 caliber handgun. The argument heated up and Perry was shot in the right leg. The injuries were not life-threatening, police said.

As of Monday, the elderly man was being held in the Duval County jail in lieu of $50,000 bail. Read about it here…[Jacksonville]

Trading Places:

Joey Polk was pretty darn excited when he set a Land-Based Shark Fishing Association record by catching an 11-foot, 805-pound mako in April. But when he ate the shark (instead of the shark eating him), he was stripped of his new title.

Someone was hungry.

Because he’s a man of the people, Polk grilled the shark and fed it to his neighbors. Unfortunately for him, that’s a violation of the ILSFA’s rules. According to their website, the ILSFA “will no longer promote or accept record applications for sharks not released.” That means Earnie Polk, Joey’s cousin, remains the record-holder.

Earnie Polk caught a 725-pound mako in 2009, which he then cooked and ate with no penalty because the rule that prevented his cousin from taking his record hadn’t been put in place yet.

But apparently, Joey “ain’t got no worries.”

“We don’t do it for the money, for the publicity, just to catch the fish,” he said.

Read about it here…[Complex]

PHOTO SOURCE: Getty