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Deputies: Man found about $7,000 worth of meth in front of his home

By Barbara Hijek — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:04:00 EDT

It seems drugs are never very far away from from you wherever you are in Florida.

Gnome Sweet Gnome: Woman accused of striking man with garden ornament

By Barbara Hijek — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:25:00 EDT

A domestic feud esculated last Sunday when Lisa Danielle Buckley, 47, allegedly clonked a man on the head with a garden gnome, said Gulfport cops, reports the Tampa Bay Times.

Bear witness to this colossal critter captured in Lake County

By Barbara Hijek — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:34:00 EDT

Check out this monster-sized bear captured and released into the wild in Lake County.

School nurse showed up for work drunk, cops say

By Barbara Hijek — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:48:00 EDT

Noreen Patricia Freeman, a school nurse at a pre-K school, is accused of driving to work drunk on Tuesday morning, reports WBBH NBC News-2 in Fort Myers.

Woman accused of etching image of male genitalia on stranger's SUV at Publix, left note

By Barbara Hijek — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:30:00 EDT

It was high noon in this Publix parking lot in Wesley Chapel as a woman allegedly keyed a Kia SUV belonging to a 63-year-old female customer, reports the Tampa Bay Times.

Deputy busted armed 'sovereign citizen' on school grounds

By Barbara Hijek — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:27:00 EDT

School Resource Deputy Patrick Diaz, along with the principal of Turkey Creek Middle School in Plant City, had been monitoring students in the parent pick-up line after school on Thursday when Deputy Diaz spotted a man walking alongside a road boardering the school, according to a news release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

Man allegedly claimed to be cop, got free admission to strip club

By Barbara Hijek — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:34:00 EDT

Darren Philip Walker, 24, walked into Bare Assets, a strip club in Melbourne, while flashing an invalid out-of-state deputy's badge and was granted free admission for himself and his buddy, reports Florida Today in Melbourne.

U-Haul with 53 animals inside abandoned near Publix in Spring Hill

By Barbara Hijek — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:42:00 EDT

On Tuesday afternoon, dispatchers got a call about an abandoned U-Haul truck full of animals near a Publix in Spring Hill, according to a news release from the Hernando County Sheriff's Office.

Facebook pics led to arrest of alleged members of Crazy White Boys gang

By Barbara Hijek — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:39:00 EDT

On Friday, May 10th, Marion County Sheriff's Office detectives started looking for convicted felons Mario Daniel McDonald, 23, and Joseph Wayne Edwards, 27, according to a news release from the Marion County Sheriff's Office.

USSS girl's softball coach jailed after headbutting umpire, deputies say

By Barbara Hijek — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:00 EDT

A Bronx cheer for this coach.