Despite my concerns in my last posting, to my knowledge, we don't have much organized crime in Central Florida. However, we have plenty of unorganized crime. So much so that late night talk show hosts seem to canvas Florida regularly to get monologue material.We have a plethora of snake, alligator and shark stories, many of them involving crazy human behavior as well. Following are a couple, along with a couple of strictly human shenanigans, from today's news:
Alligators:
In West Palm Beach officers say a 24 year old guy threw an alligator into a Wendy's drive-thru
window. His mom said it was just a stupid prank - but he was charged with assault with a
Snakes
Several times I've shared entertaining python stories but yesterday's story was about an 8 foot, 8 inch anaconda found here in Central Florida. It's the second anaconda found in a short time, this one seen by a man in his neighborhood. Since neither snake had official tags, officers think they were illegally owned by breeders - so we could be seeing more. Yikes!Sausage Castle
There is a "party house" here in Central Florida that has gotten totally out of hand. Wild parties, pornographic pictures on the wall, guns, women, dwarfs and all sorts of truly hedonistic debauchery ensues at these parties. By the way, it is a small house, not a castle. The authorities have tried every which way to close it down. Now it looks like it will be foreclosed for code violations.
Exotic Dancers
Did you know most exotic dancers in Florida don't get paid? In fact, they have to pay a fee to work in clubs. In order to earn enough tips to make a living they must find various creative ways to ply their art. This doesn't seem fair to me. I'm serious. If a dancer injures herself falling off a stripper pole, there is no insurance. The clubs say the dancers are independent contractors but judges around the country have sided with strippers, saying the law protects them. So lawsuits here in Florida are in process.
So there you have some of our unorganized crime stats for today.
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