26Butt-Dials Murder Plans
In 2013, a Florida man named Scott Simon butt-dialed 911 while discussing murder plans. He was later charged with first-degree murder after the man he discussed was found shot in a car following an argument at a Waffle House restaurant.
27. In 2014, authorities arrested Florida man Ryan Lee Carroll and charged him with running a drug distribution operation, four months after he won a contest to meet the cast of Breaking Bad. Authorities found $1 million in synthetic marijuana and a souvenir Hazmat suit signed by the Breaking Bad cast.
28. In 2019, five prisoners on work detail used a coat hanger to break out a 1-year-old girl accidentally locked in a car by her father in Florida. The mother, who took a video, said, "Them prisoners bust that s*** right open, so thank God for the criminals in the world."
29. In 2016, while stranded on a sandbar in Florida, sharks circled around a man named Steve Moon. He kept them at bay with a fishing pole for an hour and a half before remembering he had a cell phone and called for help.
30. In 2019, a Florida man named Bryan Stewart told his neighbors that he would kill them with kindness. He then tried to kill them with a machete named "Kindness."
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31Hijacks HBO Protests Prices
In 1986, a Florida man named Captain Midnight hijacked HBO's satellite to protest their high prices.
32. In 2022, an alligator killed a man in Florida who was searching for a frisbee in a pond.
33. In 2017, a Florida man shot his neighbor's cat because he claimed it "looked at him like he owned the place."
34. In 2016, a 70-year-old Florida woman named Mary Ann Franco regained her eyesight after a spinal realignment surgery she had to undergo due to a back injury. She had lost her vision in 1993 after she was involved in a car crash and suffered a stroke.
35. In 2018, a Florida man named Alan Jay Abrahamson faked his own murder by shooting himself with a gun tied to a weather balloon. The authorities never found the gun or the balloon.
