ONLY IN FLORIDA: TEACHER MAKES 8-YEAR-OLD PULL FECES FROM BACKED-UP TOILET

I don't think I've ever seen a school distance themselves so far from an incident that occurred within it's walls.

A substitute teacher at the Dinsmore Elementary School in Jacksonville asked a third-grader to pull poop from a clogged toilet last week, and when the parents went to the school for answers, they were told that there was nothing they could do. You see, not only is the teacher a substitute, she's also a temp employed by Kelly Services.

According to school officials, they rely on Kelly Services to hire the best, and since the teacher isn't technically a Duval County Employee, they can't discipline her. They did however assure the parents of the little girl that the appropriate action had been taken. The substitute will no longer work at Dinsmore, but will still be allowed to work at other Duval County schools.





I can't believe their school system. They totally shifted the blame and responsibility to Kelly Services. I wonder what would happen if one of those temps inappropriately touched a student. Would they still assign blame? My guess is yes even though the school system is responsible for the childrens' safety and well-being.

Personally, I feel that Duval County shouldn't allow anyone to work in their schools that they can't discipline at any given time. Their temps may feel like the rules don't apply to them which may be the reason the teacher asked an 8-year-old to unclog a backed-up toilet with her hand in the first place.

And those parents are good ones. Let me find out that one of my kids were forced to do something they didn't want to do. I don't care what it is. I wouldn't be on TV looking all hopeless, that's for sure.

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ONLY IN FLORIDA: WOMAN ACCUSED OF REPEATEDLY LOCKING 4-YEAR OLD IN CABINET

42-year-old Lori Hamilton of Lakeland was charged with locking the child she occasionally babysat in a cabinet for hours at a time.

According to police, the 4-year-old was often put in the roach and spider-infested cabinet because he was too loud at times. To keep him from escaping, Hamilton would secure the cabinet door with screws.

Because he was locked inside, he was bitten by the spiders and roaches, and when he had to use the bathroom, he had no choice but to urinate and soil himself.

When the police got inside of the home, they saw filthy floors and walls, paper, clothing and food everywhere. They also noticed the roach infestation.

Hamilton admitted to locking him up and was charged with child abuse without bodily harm - even though he was repeatedly bitten by insects and forced to use the bathroom on himself. She was released after posting her bond of $10,000, which more than likely was $1,000 - 10% of the full amount.

Laws are too lenient towards people who actually mistreat children. There's no reason why this woman should be walking the streets.

How would you feel if this woman did that to your child?

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"PRETTY" TEACHER GOT PROBATION FOR SLEEPING WITH 14-Y/O, "NOT-AS-PRETTY" TEACHER GOT 5 YEARS FOR SLEEPING WITH 18 Y/Os

My buddy Monstah shared a story on his Facebook page over the weekend about Brittni Colleps, a teacher from Texas who was recently given five years in prison for having an inappropriate relationship with five students. I didn't think anything of it at first, because I figured justice was being served, but when I actually read the story, I didn't agree with what happened.

Apparently, this teacher had sex with five 18-year-old students at her home last year. I expressed in the thread how I didn't see any crime in what happened. I was then shown the portion of the State of Texas Penal Code where it says that any sexual contact between teachers and students at the same school is a felony. Still I didn't see any crime.

I went on to say that had these students murdered someone, the headline would've read "Grown-ass men murdered someone", and that they would've been tried as adults. I was told that we weren't talking about murder, but a teacher who took advantage of poor students blah blah blah. Poor students? These "poor students" are old enough to vote, fight for this country, get married, buy cigarettes, and rent porn. When the students testified, they said that they weren't forced or felt pressured into doing it. In fact, the young adults recommended that the teacher not get in trouble at all.

Because it took the jury less than three hours to agree on Colleps' sentence, I said in the thread that if this woman were pretty, she would've gotten probation.

Case in point: Remember the infamous Debra Lafave from Florida? She was also sentenced for sleeping with a student, except this student was 14-years-old. Lafave was charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior; two years of house arrest for the first count, and one year of house arrest with seven years of probation for the second count.

Lafave was ordered to stay 1000 feet away from schools and daycare centers. She had to enroll in a course for sex offenders, told not to possess any porn or obscene material, and was ordered take a polygraph test annually. That was in 2005. When she finished her house arrest, she was dismissed from probation - four years early.

In all fairness, I have to report that just several days ago, her probation was reinstated. Still, Debra Lafave never did a day in prison for sleeping with that 14-year-old student.

Colleps never got the option to do house arrest or community service. She wasn't offered a deal where she would have to stay away from places children hang out. She got prison. And although that's the standard for student/teacher encounters, I think a young lawyer can make a name for his or herself by getting Colleps a better deal.

Whether this really has anything to do with looks, but more or less the states these people live in, common sense should be used when handling these kinds of cases. My job is to start conversations or shake up the ones already in progress. For example, back in May, a Florida teacher who had a relationship with an 18-year-old student did not face charges because why? Because they were consenting adults. Discuss.

So, let me ask: do you think Colleps' sentence of five years was appropriate? Should she have gotten more time? Do you think the men involved were poor victims? Do you think it's fair that Lafave took advantage of a 14-year-old and did no time, while Colleps' "victims" were 18-year-olds and got five years? Do you think Lafave got no prison time because she was pretty? Because she had good lawyers maybe? What kind of time do you think Lafave should've gotten? Do you think it's inappropriate for any person in any authority position to engage in a relationship with a subordinate?

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ONLY IN FLORIDA: MAN SMEARS DOG POOP IN HIS MOTHER'S FACE

I believe the last time the hurricane state made an appearance here at the Insane Asylum Blog, a man was biting the face off another. Florida always graces us with unique stories, and this one isn't any different.

According to the report, 22-year-old William Jenkins was at the house that he shares with his mother in Palmetto. When he got the urge for something to drink, he asked her for a shot of vodka.

She denied him, but told him to clean up the poop the dog left on the porch while she cleaned up inside.

After she asked him several times about it, he went outside to the porch. He came back in with a handful of doggy doo and slapped her - whipped cream pie style - in the face. To add insult to injury, he rubbed it in and pushed the 52-year-old down in the process.

She ran to the neighbor's house where she called 911. Jenkins was taken to the Manatee County Jail and held on a $2000 bond. Too bad, because that money could buy a lot of shots of vodka.

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DUMB LAWS OF AMERICA: FLORIDA

(Author's note: For those of you who thought I'd given up on this series, I just took a break from it for a while. I mean, I can't stop now, there are too many more states with dumb laws to write about.)

Throughout history there have been laws passed and laws removed from the books. Depending on what era you grew up in, I'm sure all the laws made sense at that time. As time progressed, some of the laws that could be deemed crazy, weird or just plain stupid have managed to slip through the filter and remain intact. In this series, we will be taking a look at dumb laws that are still on books in these here United States. Ninth in the series... Florida.

1. Unmarried couples may not commit "lewd acts" and live together in the same residence. So, couples can't shack up and they can't get freaky with each other... Florida sounds like your Mom's house, huh?

2. In Cape Coral, it is against the city ordinance to hang your clothes outside on a clothesline. Well, I guess you can just throw them across the shrubbery and porch railings like I've seen done so much when people don't own a dryer. Who doesn't own a clothes dryer these days?

3. In Daytona Beach, while being intoxicated, also being under the influence of narcotics is prohibited. Yeah... you wouldn't want to make that zombie attack from those bath salts you ingested any more gross than what it will already be... :/

4. Florida law prohibits rats to leave the ships docked in Tampa bay. Unless they have the Pied Piper on deck constantly blowing on his magic pipe, I can't see that happening.

5. Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal. And I can imagine also very painful.

6. In Florida, failure to tell your neighbor his house is on fire is illegal. Unless he is in it of course, then you may just want to dial 911.

7. In Miami, men may not be seen publicly in any type of strapless dress. Which answers my question as to why the population is so high in Atlanta, Ga.

8. When having sex, only the missionary position is legal. I shall never reside in the state of Florida... That is all.

9. Women who fall asleep under a hair dryer can be fined, as can the owner of the salon. I have never liked hair dryers. They take too long and they get too hot, which makes me wonder, who in the hell can sleep under those things? They don't need to be fined, they need to be rewarded because that heat is murder on your ears.

10. My last and final pick for one of Florida's dumbest laws is, *insert drum roll*... The stand your ground statute. Since the beginning of the year, people of all races have been doing all kinds of craziness and claiming this law as their defense. If you've been paying attention to the news lately, there is no need to elaborate.


Okay readers, do any of you reside in the Sunshine State? Are you aware of any crazy laws that are still on the books? We would love it if you would share.

Deuces, Smooches...
Nena Grace

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ONLY IN FLORIDA: POLICE CAPTAIN ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL CONDUCT TOWARD 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL

In January, some time after school, an unnamed 15-year-old girl and her equally unnamed 19-year-old male friend were sitting in a car behind a building in a business complex in Miramar. While patrolling, Captain Juan de la Rios noticed their vehicle sitting there, so he approached the vehicle. He asked them to roll the window down, so he could ask what they were doing. During the conversation, he asked the fully dressed teens if they were having sex.

The girl quickly told the Captain that they were just talking, and that there was no fooling around going on. Unconvinced, the Captain told her that he would "have to check". When she asked him what was there to check, he told her that he needed to "see inside".

He ordered the girl to take all of her clothes off and proceeded to "inspect" her between the legs. While inspecting, Cap told the girl, " I need you to open your legs up wider". He then took his flashlight and molested her a little closer. After that, he fondled her breasts a bit to "check for bruises".

When he finished, he gave the 19-year-old his license back and told the two to go home.

The teens didn't tell anyone at first, but the girl eventually told her older sister, who in turn told their mother. When police asked the girl who did it, she told them that she didn't remember his name, but she knew that this officer had a gold badge and his name started with an "r". She also told them that she could ID him easily if she saw his face. She could never forget his face.

The police had been investigating the incident since January, rounding up nearby surveillance tapes and inspecting the clothes she had on that day. After compiling enough information to support the girl's claim, a warrant was issued for the Captain. He turned himself in on Friday, and was held on $30,000 bond which he immediately paid. He is now suspended without pay and faces up to 15 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.

I know the Cap was 100% wrong in how he handled the situation, but I still wonder what a 15 and 19-year old was doing in the back seat of a car behind a building.

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VIDEO: TRANSVESTITE AND STUD FIGHTING/ WTF IS A "CHIRREN"?

#insaneasylumblog- A friend of mine shared a video on facebook yesterday. The video was posted on the World Star Hip Hop website, and it was of two people from Florida fighting- a transvestite and a stud. I did a little investigating and found that the video was originally posted on Youtube in August of 2010.

Apparently, prior to the beginning of the video, the stud and transvestite had gotten into an argument and the stud burned the transvestite with a cigarette in addition to hitting him/her with a bottle. Then the fight ensues. Check it out...

Now, this is just a hot ass mess. What part of Florida was this in, is what I want to know. And what in the hell is a "chirren"? The transvestite keeps screaming that, "she got muthafukken chirren" and "my mama got chirren". Is this some new found disease that affects women? Does it start in the ovaries and spread to the uterus? I'm confuzzled... Somebody help me, help me please.

And why do studs think that they can actually beat a man up? I mean hey, a dude can wear make-up, women's clothing, hairstyles and some of them look better than some chicks I know, but when push comes to shove, he's still a man. And he will kick your ass. "Chirren" or not.

Oh... Now, I get it...

Deuces, Smooches...

Nena Grace

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ONLY IN FLORIDA: MAN CHOPS OFF ANOTHER MAN'S HEAD WITH MACHETE' OVER STEAK

The state of Florida has been gracious with providing material for the Insane Asylum Blog, so we've decided to give it a segment called "Only In Florida". From now on, every time a story from Florida crosses our desks, it will go under this category.

I've heard of crying over spilled milk, but killing over spilled food is a bit too much.

I don't understand how, but three homeless men were in the woods just north of Sarasota barbecuing some steaks on the grill and drinking rum. (I said Only In Florida).

Homeless Guy #3 told police that a fight broke out when Homeless Guy #2 accidentally knocked over the grill Homeless Guy #1 was using to cook the steaks. Homeless Guy #1 AKA Ricky Leer jumped up and knocked Homeless Guy #2 on the ground, grabbed a machete, and proceeded to chop the man's head off.

When the police found Leer, he was leaning against a tree, drinking rum, and eating steak. CBS Tampa says the 48-year-old was charged with 2nd degree murder.

Only in Florida...

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NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL FACES FOUR FELONY CHARGES FOR SCHOOL BUS TANTRUM

#insaneasylumblog - A nine-year-old Florida girl is facing four felony charges after she went on a tirade on a school bus on Halloween day.

Anber Harris, a student at Royal Palm School in Fort Myers, Fla., was eating candy on the bus when the bus driver told her to stop. Harris "became very upset" and started yelling and cursing at the bus driver. According to the bus driver, Robert Middleton, Harris then started threatening to strike the other students. She then spit on Middleton and jumped off the bus. After exiting the bus, Harris then started throwing rocks at the bus.

Police were called and soon after, Deputy Iris Sullivan arrived on the scene. The officer tried to restrain the girl, but Harris ran into a nearby yard, picked up an aluminum lawn chair and threw it at Sullivan. The girl then started yelling at the officer, shouting obscenities. "F*ck you. F*ck you. Shut the f*ck up... I will f*cking kill you if you don't get the f*ck out of here." The officer was able to overtake the girl who happens to be 5 ft. and weighs 130 lbs. She was then handcuffed and taken to jail.



The police there charged the girl with four felonies: battery for spitting on the bus driver; throwing deadly missiles (the rocks) at the school bus; battery of an officer for throwing the chair; and resisting arrest. Once she was placed in a holding cell, Harris began to bang her head on the concrete wall. Officers asked her to stop, but when she didn't, they pepper-sprayed her.

Harris' mother says the girl suffers from Schizophrenia and she can often become aggressive if she hasn't taken her medication, stating that the girl felt threatened. It is unknown whether or not the girl had taken her scheduled dosage that day. Harris is currently serving three weeks of at home suspension from school.

What do you think? Is this a case of a child who was, at this moment, truly suffering from a mental disease or does Anber Harris just need a spanking? Do you think officers over- reacted like the mother feels they did?


Deuces, Smooches...
Nena Grace

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SNAPPED: WOMAN TRIES TO KILL FATHER OVER POTATO SALAD

#insaneasylumblog - There's no doubt about it, patients. Florida is the epitome of crazy. This is the story of a Palm Coast woman who was arrested for attacking her father over what has to be the strangest reason ever.

Police say Karen Henry asked her dad, Hubert, for some of his potato salad while he was eating dinner. When the 80-year-old denied her, she got angry to the point where she began throwing things and cursing - both at the direction of Hubert. She then grabbed a large knife and threatened to kill him, waving the knife in his face.

The elderly man managed to get a chair in between them so he could get to the bedroom and call for help. Flagler County police arrested Karen, but on the way to jail, she complained of abdominal pain. She was taken to Florida Hospital Flagler, where she was quickly treated for abdominal pain.

While she was getting dressed, deputies overheard Karen in her room on the phone telling Hubert to drop the charges. Because of that, in addition to being charged with aggravated assault (because she was definitely aggravated), a charge of tampering with a victim was also added.

Karen now resides at the Flagler County Inmate Facility where she is being held without bail, and without potato salad.

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WOMAN DUMPS BAG OF USED CONDOMS ON STORE COUNTER, EXPOSES HERSELF

#insaneasylumblog - A Kangaroo store in Florida recently had to be shut down temporarily after a woman dumped used condoms on the checkout counter.

The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office say the incident began when a 23-year-old woman came in the door cussing at the woman behind the counter and asking about her private life.

Witnesses say the woman seemed upset about being sexually involved with a guy who was also involved with the clerk. When the clerk refused to answer the woman's questions about her involvement with the guy, the woman dumped a bag of used condoms onto the counter.

Surveillance cameras then show the woman pulling her shorts down and lifting up her shirt fully exposing herself to the clerk. The woman left the store but came back shortly to hit the clerk with a used condom that apparently didn't make it to the counter the first time around.

The store had to close for a short while so the counter could be thoroughly cleaned.

Can you imagine this scene playing out in front of you? This chick comes in and starts asking the clerk about who she sleeps with. Then she goes on about how she's with him too, and proceeds to dumps their used condoms on the counter in front of her. Then chick shows her boobs and vagina just to let Ms. Clerk know that she'll never have a body like hers. And just when you think it's over, chick comes back in just to slap the clerk one time with one more used condom.  Holy cow...only in Florida.

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MAN CHOKES WIFE DURING GAME OF YAHTZEE

Family game night is supposed to be one of the best days of the week next to Movie Night and Sundays, but in East Naples, FL. a man spent his Game Night choking his wife during a game of Yahtzee.

50-year-old Ian Wood was arrested Saturday after his wife told deputies that while she was trying to play Yahtzee, an argument broke out. She tried to leave the house to calm down, but Wood pushed her to the ground, put his hand over her mouth and pushed his knee into her back, while telling her to stop screaming.

She told police that he then rolled her over and choked her to the point where she couldn't breathe. She broke free, escaped to a neighbor’s house, and called 911.

When Sheriff's Deputies arrived at the residence, there were broken dishes in the house and Wood was on a bed "belligerent and argumentative".  When they asked him what happened, Woods said his wife had somehow fallen while walking down the hall and that he didn't hit her.

He was arrested and is charged with kidnapping-false imprisonment of an adult, resisting law enforcement officer without violence, domestic battery by strangulation and obstructing someone of the use of 911.

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WOMAN WHO CLAIMS TO BE A VAMPIRE BITES PIECES OF ELDERLY MAN'S FACE OFF

I mean, I like True Blood probably more than all of you, but I don't go around thinking I'm a vampire.  I surely don't go around acting like one either.  Whatever her motivation was, 22-year-old Josephine Smith took her vampire impulses out on Milton Ellis.

Smith, a Pensacola native, befriended the 69-year-old wheelchair-bound man at a strip mall in St. Petersburg, FL. while waiting for a relative to pick her up.  Although it wasn't clear why old man Ellis was out there, he chose to wait with her.

While sitting in front of an abandoned Hooters, Ellis fell asleep. He was awaken by Smith who was on top of him saying, "I'm a vampire, I am going to eat you." She then started biting him, ripping off pieces of his face. Somehow, despite being in a wheelchair, Ellis was still able to escape to a nearby gas station. When the police arrived, they found Smith at the Hooters half naked and covered in blood. She told them she didn't remember what happened.

Smith was taken to jail and charged with aggravated battery on an elderly person while Ellis was taken to the hospital for stitches. I still don't know how he got away from her, but I'm glad she sucked at being a vampire.

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WOMAN FAKES KIDNAPPING TO GET ATTENTION FROM BOYFRIEND

Normally, people who lack excitement or attention in their lives just turn to Facebook. There, one can get all the excitement and attention they can stand. Apparently Rashell Barfield didn't want to settle.

The 21-year-old and her boyfriend, Kieth Walker, got into an argument because to her it seemed like he cared about their son more.  That's when she stormed out the house. Soon after, she sent him a text saying that she had been grabbed by two men wearing ski masks and thrown into the back of a white panel van.  She said she didn't know where they were because they had been driving around in circles.

Walker called the police. Miami detectives began distributing flyers and interviewing people.  By the time the investigation got into full swing, Walker got a call from Barfield.

It was a miracle! She had escaped her captors and was hiding in a bush somewhere. Police talked to her and found her location. When they arrived, she gave them a thorough description of the two men and the van. At police headquarters is where she came clean and finally admitted to making up the whole thing.  All because she wanted attention from her boyfriend.

Barfield was arrested yesterday after leading her boyfriend, family, and police on a white van scavenger hunt. She was charged with one count of false report of commission of crimes and one count of obstructing justice.

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MAN ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY SAYS HE DOESN'T REMEMBER FIRST WIFE

Have you ever been in a marriage you wish you could forget?  It's not that easy, right? I mean, you couldn't drink that away if you had all the alcohol your body could stand.  Believe me, I've tried.

But after a domestic hearing injunction, it was discovered that Aaron Richardson of Vero Beach, FL. had two marriage licenses - one with Irene Clark from last year, and one with an Arkina Sneed from 2004. That's right, Mr. Richardson is married to two women at the same time.

Sneed told detectives that she wouldn't have married Mr. Richardson if she knew he was still married to Clark. She said she married Mr. Richardson in October 2010 at the county courthouse.

Indian River County Sheriff detectives said when they interviewed Richardson about the two licenses, he denied ever being married to Clark. He mentioned that he had been in prison once upon a time for a physiological problem and was being treated for it. He also said he remembered dating Clark after he got out of prison, but not the part about marrying her.

Upon questioning, Ms. Clark said she knew that Mr. Richardson had married someone else, but it wasn't her business.




This post also appears at 1800rant.com

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MAN DRIVES TRUCK INTO WAFFLE HOUSE

In an attempt to run over his wife, a Panama City Beach, FL. man smashed a Waffle House across from the Panama City Beach Police Department. Charles Patrick O’Bryan was arrested and charged with attempted murder and felony criminal mischief for intentionally driving his '87 Ford pick-up through the restaurant.

Danielle Gibbons, O’Bryan’s wife, is a waitress there. She actually got hit by the vehicle and was taken to the hospital for treatment. No one else was injured in the incident, just her. officials said.

After crashing through the wall, O’Bryan got out of his truck with a knife, police said. A witness on the scene said that he was able to use a broken piece of metal to hold O'Bryan until the cops arrived.

Earlier, O’Bryan called the Waffle House and asked to speak to his wife but wasn't able to talk to her. O’Bryan told the employee that since he couldn't talk to her, he was going to drive his truck through the restaurant and kill everybody.

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MAN CUTS OFF TIP OF SON'S THUMB WITH POWER SAW WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE CAST

Men are a special breed. Watching Home Improvement helped me to realize that. We just do stuff. Especially to save money for other stuff. And we want to do it ourselves or with other men around to have someone to be confused with. If I can save a buck by doing something myself, I'm totally game. Why pay a guy to "look" at it, then pay him to perform the task, ya know? I once pulled my own stitches out. Why go to the doctor when I can pull a string just like him?  Florida resident Lawrence Roberts felt the same when he tried to remove his son's cast from his right hand.

Roberts went to his son's house in Coral Springs where he lives with his mother and siblings. With him, a 10-inch circular saw. When he tried to remove the cast, he removed something else, the tip of his son's right thumb.  He also almost severed the 15-year-old's index finger and cut into 3 inches of skin between the boy's index finger and thumb.  I'm already half-dead when I get a paper-cut there.  I can't imagine a saw.

His son underwent emergency surgery at Broward General Medical Center to try to reattach the top of his thumb. There, hospital staff took off the boy's cast.  Roberts, 33, was arrested and held at Broward County jail in lieu of $7,500 bail. If he's convicted of aggravated child abuse, a first-degree felony, Roberts could serve up to 30 years in prison. I guess it would have been cheaper to just take him to a doctor.

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MIXED NUTS: A POTPOURRI OF THINGS WEIRD AND INSANE

[Woman gets caught selling more than Subway subs]

Remember the movie "Loverboy"? It was an 80's classic about a young pizza delivery guy and this beautiful older lady from Italy whom he had a brief affair with. Before she went back to Italy, she told him to look out for an order with "extra anchovies". That would be her summoning him.

Meanwhile, while counseling a friend who was going through marital problems, Italy tells her to order an "extra anchovy" pizza.  He shows up expecting his old flame but it was someone else. That didn't stop him, and the cheating wife passed the "extra anchovy" code to a friend and it goes on and on.

Click "close ad" or "start video now" to watch. Shhh...you're welcome.

The exact same thing went on at a Ft. Pierce FL. Subway restaurant, well...except there was no pizza or sex involved.


These people were dealing marijuana, and the codeword was "extra meat".  47-year old Elizabeth Hunt would would slip a bag of weed to customers who asked for extra meat with their order. The bag would contain 2 grams and customers would place $10 in the jar used to collect tips. 

On May 10th and May 26th, undercover deputies used the code words 'extra meat' when they ordered sandwiches from Hunt.  She then placed the marijuana inside the subway sandwich bag according to the arrest affidavit. 

It should be noted that Nena Grace asks for extra meat at Subway.




[Florida Man keeps wife in freezer for 10 years]

Before Alan Dunn committed suicide at 86 years old, he told friends and family that his wife, Margaret had been in a nursing home.  It turns out that she had been in a freezer on his condo's back patio for 10 years.

Investigators think that she died of natural causes in 2000 and he kept her death a secret so he could continue to collect her benefits.

I wonder what kind of desperation would make someone hide their spouse in a freezer just to keep the benefits.

[Rep. Joe Walsh says Obama got nominated because he was black and articulate]


In an interview recently, freshman Tea Party member Rep. Joe Walsh made the following statement: Barack Obama was elected because  "He was black, he was historic. And there’s nothing racist about this. It is what it is. If he had been a dynamic, white, state senator elected to Congress he wouldn’t have gotten in the game this fast. This is what made him different. That, combined with the fact that your profession” — another friendly tap of the bumper sticker —”not you, but your profession, was just absolutely compliant. They made up their minds early that they were in love with him. They were in love with him because they thought he was a good liberal guy and they were in love with him because he pushed that magical button: a black man who was articulate, liberal, the whole white guilt, all of that.”


So what's the problem?  That's the truth.  You mean to tell me that there's no difference between Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson, and Barak Obama?  Then why did people take to Obama and not the other two?  I'll tell you:


Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson are considered reckless despite their good-doings in the past.  They're looked as guys that could "mess it up" for black people and this country as a whole.  They're not as articulate as Obama, and the last thing we need is one of those guys making some ghetto remark in public.  *sigh* Obama is clean-cut, no perms, no Jheri curls.  He enunciates his words carefully and intentionally.  He's likable.  The media loved him, and he's not threatening like the other two, and he would never be labeled as a "black supremacist".  


Remember in January 2007 Joe Biden said about Senator Obama, "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.  I mean, that's a storybook, man."


It was true then and it's true now.

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FL. GOV. RICK SCOTT MANDATES DRUG TESTS FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS, STATE EMPLOYEES, ACLU SUES

[editor's note: We don't intentionally pick on Florida, all the good stuff just happens there.]

While campaigning in 2010, Florida Governor Rick Scott vowed to mandate drug testing for state workers and welfare recipients.  In March, he signed an order requiring the testing of state workers and pressed his Government to require drug tests for applicants to Florida's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

This isn't sitting well with some Floridians and advocacy groups.

For starters, the company that will be doing the drug screening is a company Scott owns.  Before Scott was inaugurated, he tried to avoid violating ethics laws by putting the business in his wife's name under the Frances Annette Scott Revocable Trust.  

Earlier this year, Gov. Scott said that he’d been trying to sell his health clinic since November, citing lack of time to focus on it, not due to any conflicts of interest.  The governor also said the company wouldn't do any business with the state.  He then said he found a buyer, the company's minority shareholder, private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe of New York. The deal was expected to close on April 29, 2011 according to Scott spokesman Brian Burgess, but hasn't happened.  Personally, if he transferred the company to his wife, shouldn't she be trying to sell it or not allowing the company to do the screening? 

I've always asked the question, "should welfare applicants/recipients undergo drug testing", and I've always said they should.  Far too many people are turning their monthly benefits into cash and using the cash to buy drugs.  The ACLU has disagreed with my position for years despite the many people I've personally witnessed abusing the system.  I know of at least three families in Michigan that raked in around $3000 a month in benefits, only to use that to use and sell drugs.  They were making $60,000 a year doing nothing, while I worked hard for 2/3 less.  In 1999, Michigan began drug-testing all welfare recipients, prompting the ACLU to sue. In 2003, a federal appeals court ruled that universal drug testing was unconstitutional, so the ACLU and the state reached an agreement that allowed drug tests of welfare recipients only if there was reasonable suspicion that the person was using drugs.  

Now, the ACLU of Florida is suing Gov. Scott to stop random drug testing (to be administered by his company that he doesn't own) of state employees.  Announcement of the lawsuit came the day after he signed the bill requiring drug tests for welfare applicant/recipients.  Insiders say the ACLU is expected to challenge that policy very soon.

The state-employee lawsuit was filed on behalf of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and Richard Flamm, a 17-year state employee from St. Petersburg who works for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as a researcher. Attorneys argue that the new policy, which calls for random drug testing of more than 100,000 state employees, violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on unlawful searches and seizures.

I don't think that employees should be subject to random screening, just once at the time of hire is good enough.  If there's an incident at work, I agree with giving one to determine if the employee was under the influence of any drugs, but anything more than that would be redundant and costly.

Observing Governor Rick Scott as an outsider leads me to believe that he signed that executive order so his business can get the state contract...even though he's trying to cover it up.

Do you think welfare applicants and recipients should get drug screened?  What about random tests for state employees?

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SIGN LANGUAGE MISCOMMUNICATION LEAVES TWO DEAF MEN STABBED AT BAR

For some people, gang life is all they know. Even if they're all grown up and no longer affiliated with gangs, the mentality is still there.  Years of running from the police, fighting, shooting and robbing people can really put a damper on someone's social life.  I've seen guys on Lockup talk about how the life consumed them, and it's pretty sad.

The same goes for this guy I met recently from L.A.  He had to be over 40 years old, he wore all red and said he despised everything blue.  His conversation was limited to talking about watching Crips who might want to kill him. He was living in paranoia, and his head stayed on a swivel.  Even though he was in no danger whatsoever.

It's even worse when women do it though.

45-year-old Barbara Lee became irate at the Ocean's 11 lounge in Hallandale Beach, Florida when she thought 31-year-old Alfred Stewart and his guest - both of whom are hearing-impaired, were throwing gang signs at her.  When she went over to them, they motioned for her to leave them alone.  She did them one better by leaving the bar, only to return with 19-year-old Marco Ibanez and another unnamed underage person.  In the commotion that ensued, Ibanez allegedly stabbed Stewart and the other person and the bouncer was hit in the head with a bottle.  Stewart and three others including the bouncer are at a local hospital recovering.



How drunk or full of yourself must you be to think a table full of hearing-impaired people are throwing gang signs at you?  Obviously they were signing the whole time they were there, and she should've paid more attention before running up on them.  She must have jumped right up the moment she looked in their direction and saw them communicating.  It's strange that she's 45 years old, and leaves to get a couple of people who shouldn't have been allowed in the bar in the first place.  It's true what they say about wisdom not coming with age.

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