From the smokinggun website, it looks like this zombie should have had more bra-ains and less sho-ts… 26-year-old Catherine Butler donned her make-up and prepared to have a great time at a halloween party. A few hours later, the sloshed zombie was facing two DUI charges that took place a…
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Impaired driver hit cop car, had a gun
Mark this under things NOT to do if you are trying to avoid police attention… 43-year-old Tina Wishnevski faces multiple criminal counts after hitting a police car whil intoxicated. Duting their investigation, police found a loaded handgun and ammunition in her car. Ms. Wishnevski is not allowed to own a…
Dallas Cowboy running back arrested for shoplifting
From a local CBS news affiliate, a NFL running back was arrested for shoplifting under $500 in small items in a department store. Running back Joseph Randle was arrested by store security in a Dallas store for the theft of underwear and cologne. “The items that were stolen were underwear…
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office sets up DUI checkpoint, 8 nabbed
From the TampaBay Times, a DUI checkpoint in Kenneth City last weekend nabbed multiple arrests. While we have previously discussed some irregularities that can take place with Florida DUI checkpoints, this one seemed less about controversy, nabbing eight arrests. Before bad weather struck early Saturday morning, Pinellas CountySheriff deputies managed…
80-year-old Florida man beaten in a diner
As first reported in the smoking gun website, an octogenarian was beaten inside a “family” chain restaurant after asking the defendant to stop cursing… An 80-year-old man was the victim of a battery on an elderly charge after he was repeatedly punched and thrown to the ground by the suspect.…
No car seat, no problem? Florida woman puts child in the trunk!
Want to avoid a traffic ticket for not having a car seat for your child? Well for one Florida woman the answer was simple: put your baby in the trunk! Luckily police found this out quickly… 19-year-old Breona Watkins was out driving without a headlight late at night. When a…
“Weird Florida” strikes again…
From the Smoking Gun website, two quick police reports that help show how the term “Weird Florida” got its name… Just last Friday an elderly Florida woman was charged with misdemeanor battery after spraying her mentally ill adult son with Febreze, a cleaning product. Per the report the 69-year-old mother,…
Double Standards? Ray Rice vs. Shannen Allen in New Jersey
By now this has been the lead story on almost every news cast. We have included a video from CNN that does not show the battery. A copy of that video can be found here. While it is not bloody, it can be disturbing for certain viewers… As has been…
In Florida, have prescription pills gone full circle?
It is an accepted fact that prescription pill abuse is a major problem in Florida. There have been articles mentioning pill mills and talk that cracking down on them has helped fuel the rise of heroin in Florida. Now a great article in the Tampa Bay Times website talks about…
Florida babysitter stabs client for refusing her advances
From the smoking gun website, a Florida woman is arrested for aggravated battery after she stabbed her client for refusing to have sex with her! 22-year-old Shakieria Anquanette Shan Long was arrested by police earlieer this month for stabbing her client in the neck. His crime? Refusing her sexual advances…