It takes money to make money. That old adage applies even to those on the wrong side of the law.
A robber in Fort Lauderdale, Florida had to buy a pack of gum in order to get a cash register to open when he tried to hold up a discount store earlier this month.
Hey, these are tough times, so even the boogeyman, long known for his work scaring little kids, has had to take a second job.
A Florida man who crashed his motorcycle and is accused of being drunk at the time told police the boogeyman was responsible for the crash.
Some women carry gum or mints in their purse. Marie Chester carries dinner for a big family.
Police in Fort Pierce, Florida arrested the 40-year-old woman last week for shoplifting six full racks of ribs and two packs of oxtails from a supermarket. Somehow, she carried out the food in her pocketbook. The items she took were worth $57.60.
The bananas foster is a member of the flambe family of desserts; it's prepared by adding alcohol to a hot pan, which in turn causes the dish to briefly ignite into flames.
Of course, where there's fire, there's always the chance that something could go wrong. Which is exactly what happened at the Ozona Blue Grilling Co in Tampa, Florida on Saturday night.
Florida...it's the Germany of the United States. That is to say, it seems like most of the dumb criminals, weirdos doing weird things kind of stories come from the Sunshine State these days. It seems like only yesterday, they mostly came from Germany. Here's a dumb criminal of the perverted variety, who ended up incriminating himself.
What is it with the strange stuff people steal? Here's one I've never heard of before. From Ft. Pierce, Fla. comes video of 2 women who stole deodorant from a Winn-Dixie store. Police said the women were taped taking sticks of deodorant off the store shelves, and putting them in a purse sitting in a shopping cart they were pushing around the store.
A recent story about millionaire Ryan LeVin bypassing jail time with the help of money has infuriated people in his home state of Florida and across the U.S., as well.
In February 2010, while racing his Porsche against a friend's BMW in Fort Lauderdale, he ran into and killed two British tourists and then fled the scene.
Over the weekend, all of the personal items from disgraced swindler Bernie Madoff's Palm Beach, Florida mansion were auctioned off by a Miami auction house.
And we mean all of his personal items. In fact, an unnamed buyer paid $200 for a couple weeks worth of Bernie Madoff's unmentionables.
Three Orlando citizens who were only trying to do a good deed ended up behind bars on Wednesday. They were part of the international charity organization, "Food Not Bombs," a group that provides meals to those without.
For someone who was at the wrong place at the wrong time, a Florida woman sure found herself at the right place at the right time.
The unidentified woman was struck by lightning while attending a wilderness survival class Wednesday in Charlemont, Massachusetts.
Most organ transplant patients are eternally grateful to the doctors and surgeons who extended their lives, but that's not the case with 41-year-old Nelson Flecha.
According to reports, the Orlando, FL, man tracked down his lead surgeon, Dr. Dmitriy Nikitin, and shot him dead in a parking garage at Florida Hospital.
Tornadoes have captured much of the nation's attention this year, but hurricane season is not too far away, so Americans should be prepared for the possibility of devastating storms, even if you think there's no way one will come to your town.
A new list says Honolulu, Hawaii is the most overd
