Police in North Miami Beach are in hot water after a South Florida woman visiting a shooting range discovered the officers were using mugshots of African-American men, including one of her own brother, as shooting targets. Sgt. Valerie Deant, who plays clarinet with the Florida Army National Guard’s 13th Army Band, was visiting the range […]
A Florida man is in custody after throwing his 5-year-old daughter off the Sunshine Skyway early Thursday morning, killing her. John Nicholas Jonchuck Jr., 25, of Tampa was being chased by the police headed southbound towards the Skyway when he abruptly stopped his vehicle and threw his daughter off the bridge, about 62 feet below. […]
A Florida man was arrested while wearing a shirt that read “Who Needs Drugs,” followed by “No, seriously, I have drugs.” And if you can’t guess what the man wearing a shirt all but announcing he’s some sort of drug distributer was arrested for, we can’t help you in the irony department. John Balmer, the […]
A Florida woman in Polk County has passed away after a strange incident. 31-year-old April Rollison was previously arrested on drug charges, her body soon going into “medical distress,” according to reports. Rollison was taken to Bartow Regional Medical Center after “two foreign bodies” were found in her “vaginal area.” BayNews9 reports: While Rollison was […]
So this happened. A Florida man threatening to shoot his wife’s dog during a domestic dispute accidentally turned the gun towards his face, killing himself in the process. Paramedics rushed to the Pinellas Park home to treat 57-year-old Dennis Eugene Emery, but it was too late. He was declared dead at the scene. Police say […]
In Tallahassee, Florida, a man who has threatened police in the past set his house on fire this past Saturday. He also fatally shot a deputy and wounded another officer before he was killed by a cop nearby. According to the AP: The man’s name and address had been entered into a law enforcement computer system […]
A Florida man who lost his legs, hands, and parts of his arms to bacterial meningitis years ago is on the run from police hoping to question him about the death of his parents. Sean Petrozzino, 30, is not a suspect in the double murder, but is a person of interest, police say. He is […]
Elizabeth Pena, the actress famous for her roles in Modern Family, The Incredibles, and La Bamba, died from complications from alcohol abuse. A death certificate confirms Pena suffered from cirrhosis of the liver “due to alcohol.” Pena fell ill months before her death on October 14. Read about it here…[TMZ] Halloween was forever ruined for a woman […]
In today’s “Stories From Florida,” we meet a man who stabbed his nephew over a pork chop and officials who are ready to separate North and South Florida. Yep, South Florida wants to be the 51st state in America. Karate (Pork) Chop Billy Ray Wall, 62 was arrested on Monday night after stabbing his nephew […]
Today in “Stories From Florida,” we have a hormonal teenager who decided to have sex with a stuffed animal in Walmart and another dude who, after running from police, ran straight into a jail. By accident. We can’t make this stuff up. His Favorite Toy: Florida teen Sean Johnson was arrested after he took a […]
The 2-year-old son of a North Florida deputy accidentally fired his father’s personal handgun inside of a Wendy’s fast food restaurant. While standing in line waiting to order their food, the toddler put his hand in his father’s front right pocket, accidentally firing the .380-caliber Kel-Tec semi-automatic pistol. Bullet fragments hit the boy’s foot, the child’s grandfather, […]
As the summer starts to cool down, leave it up to the fine folks in Florida to keep heating up the web with “Stories From Florida.” This week, we have a man who wanted the police to play designated driver, and another fellow who craved a little more than just his tacos at Taco Bell. Buy […]
