"Florida Man" is still at it

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

They actually need a PSA for this???

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

They actually need a PSA for this???

It is Florida, though this is still a problem everywhere, so.... I guess the surprise is that the billboard is in Florida?

 

[Free]

I guess the surprise is that the billboard is in Florida?

That's a surprise?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Florida is invaded right now by the giant African land snail the third time. And giant means this:

The snail is an invasive species, and can carry the rat lungworm which causes meningits in humans.

On top of it the snail has a voracious appetite, it eats over 500 types of plants but also sometimes plaster and stucco. Don't touch them, and don't try to eat them with butter, oil and garlic.

The first invasion happened in 1960, and it took 1 million back then US$ and 7 years to eradicate them. In 2010 the next invasion happened, now it took 23 million US$ to delete them.

Giant Snails Take Over Part of Florida—Again

Officials issued a quarantine to control the invasive species, which devours vegetation, damages structures and can carry a parasite dangerous to humans

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[Rose Karuna]

At first I thought behavior here might be explained by "The Tampa Triangle". However, parasitic brain worms do make a lot of sense.

 

[Rose Karuna]

So it turns out that the police and sheriff are pretty much as batshit crazy as the residents.

Has Florida Man finally met his match? Meet Florida Sheriff

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When a naked man in southwestern Florida recently raised a ruckus outside his house and threatened a deputy with a kitchen knife, the SWAT team swooped in and apprehended him.

apnews.com

and below, my favorite quote by a cop about a crime ever to be published:

One of Judd’s latest targets was not exactly the crime of the century. But Judd had plenty to say about a woman accused of assaulting workers at a McDonald’s because her order was wrong.

“She’s a pretty lady. But she was McMad,” Judd said on May 20. “I don’t know if she was two fries short of a Happy Meal, but she created a McMess and acted like a McNut. ... This is Polk County. We don’t put up with that McJunk.”

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

and below, my favorite quote by a cop about a crime ever to be published:

At least it didn't end in a McFlurry of McBullets.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Florida man accused of stealing vehicle, driving to Space Force base to 'warn the government'

He claimed to be warning the government about a fight happening between Chinese dragons and U.S. aliens.

www.wesh.com

Johnson also told deputies he was sent by the president of the U.S. to give the warning and that in his mind, he heard the president tell him to steal the vehicle.

Dammit Biden

 

[Essence Lumin]

Florida man arrested on DUI charge after driving scooter into Walmart shelves, police say

Melbourne police make an arrest under strange circumstances.

www.clickorlando.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

It's not Florida Man per se, but it's close enough:

Cerabino: DeSantis: Proposed state license plate features warning to "out-of-state cars"

Florida specialty license plate that features "Don't Tread on Me" message warning of government tyranny. DeSantis says a message for out-of-state cars

www.palmbeachpost.com

Reposted on Yahoo News in case you hit a paywall with the above link:

https://news.yahoo.com/desantis-proposed-state-license-plate-090011948.html

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Couple accused of having sex while riding Ferris wheel at Cedar Point

Four females, two of whom were minors, allegedly saw the Florida man and Ohio woman engaging in sexual activity in the car ahead of them.

www.wkyc.com

SANDUSKY, Ohio — A Florida man and Ohio woman have both been charged with public indecency after allegedly having sex while riding a Cedar Point Ferris wheel Sunday night.

Davis and Johnston, both 32 years old, initially denied having sex on the ride and insisted Johnston was merely bending over to pick up a pack of cigarettes. However, after being told two of the people who saw them were under the age of 18, they both apparently confessed and were subsequently taken to the Erie County Jail.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I put this in the Florida Man thread because, well, Florida man:

GOP Candidate Says FBI Agents Would Be Put In 'Body Bag' If His Home Were Searched - NewsBreak

A Florida Republican candidate for Congress threatened that FBI agents would go “home in a body bag” if they ever try to search his house the way they did Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. In a shocking video he posted to YouTube on Saturday, Sarasota businessman Martin Hyde...

share.newsbreak.com

How is he not in jail right now?

 

[Essence Lumin]

That's a lot of felonies. I couldn't coax a number from google for the record.

FDLE arrests Pensacola gun shop manager, charges him with 129 felonies

Don's Gun Shop manager John Floyd is charged with 129 felonies for allegedly for allegedly stealing from more than 100 customers.

www.pnj.com

Edited to add this guy has more, also from Florida.

Florida man’s Instagram photos lead to 142 felony charges

This guy clearly had no filter. A Florida man was slapped with 142 felony charges after police discovered his Instagram account full of incriminating photos. Depress Johnson, 19, had posted pictures of himself with guns, wads of cash and…

www.nydailynews.com

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

That's a lot of felonies. I couldn't coax a number from google for the record.

FDLE arrests Pensacola gun shop manager, charges him with 129 felonies

Don's Gun Shop manager John Floyd is charged with 129 felonies for allegedly for allegedly stealing from more than 100 customers.

www.pnj.com

Edited to add this guy has more, also from Florida.

Florida man’s Instagram photos lead to 142 felony charges

This guy clearly had no filter. A Florida man was slapped with 142 felony charges after police discovered his Instagram account full of incriminating photos. Depress Johnson, 19, had posted pictures of himself with guns, wads of cash and…

www.nydailynews.com

This is local, holy sheepshit. I don't know why I hadn't heard about this yet.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Rose Karuna]

I'm freaked out that, while she lost, she actually got 47% of the vote.

 

[Innula Zenovka]