Teen Kills Pårents, Throws House Pårty

Police say 17-year-old Tyler Hadley used a hammer to kill his pårents, Blake and Mary-Jo Hadley, then he threw å house pårty with their bodies locked in the måster bedroom. About 40-60 people attended the party inside the home after the killings had been committed.

Teen Beaten, Shot, Burned In Sleeping Bag - Video - WESH Orlando

Teen Beaten, Shot, Burned In Sleeping Bag - Video - WESH Orlando

Women: Can't Live With Them, Can't Shoot Them in the Face...

Richard Simmons (not the guy pictured here - but a 60-year-old Port Orange resident) told police he couldn't live with his girlfriend and couldn't live without her - so he shot her twice in the face while sitting in his car outside a Walmart in Daytona Beach. She's in critical condition and he's in jail.

Alaskan Child Molester (and Covicted Poltical Corrupter) Retires in Florida

Doesn't it feel like the continent is tilted and all the loose screws (child rapists, ponzi schemers, and perverters of government) are rolling to Florida?

The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms Shall Not Be Infringed

A 7-month-old boy was hospitalized on Dec. 1st. 2010 after being hit by a bullet from an AK-47 assault rifle that his parents were fighting over in a crummy Jacksonville motel room.

Dali and Disney short video

That last post made me think of this video I saw at the St. Pete Dali Museum one time... Walt Disney was Salvador Dali's favorite American Surrealist artist and they collaborated together on this short animated film, "Destino."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzzZa5o1q5k

Awesome Animation Work

Reminds me of some of the old Greats: Buster Keaton and Salvador Dali, to name a couple... Enjoy!

http://vimeo.com/1561763 (Check out some of her other videos while you're there)

Tik Tok Home Video

This girl is amazing. As usual, you'll have to go to youtube to watch but, trust me, it's worth your time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVs-ye658As

Elmo Attacked in Music Store: blogpost Sept. 25th, 2010

Police in Winter Park say a man dressed as Elmo won a fight after an 'unprovoked' attack at a guitar shop. Apparently, the guy dressed as Elmo was on a break from a children's party in the park, when he he was blindsided by a nut in a music store. Elmo wasn't hurt but Elmo "got the best of the [other] guy," breaking two of the attacker's fingers.

Miami Heat Dancer Killed in Crash: blogpost Sept. 14th, 2010

A beautiful young woman from Bradenton died when her motorcycle was rear-ended a few days after Labor Day. Police say 22-year-old Nancy G. Lopez-Ruiz, a Miami Heat dancer from Bradenton, was riding her 2003 Suzuki when the car behind her hit the median and then struck her motorcycle. Nancy apparently died at the scene.

Pit Bulls Get a Second Chance: blogpost Aug. 26th, 2010

Last month, a Plant City man was arrested and eight pit bull dogs he had used for dog fighting were seized from behind his home. According to police, James Carter Jr.'s dogs lived in a blood stained kennel and they had been in dogfighting bouts stretching from Miami to New Jersey. One of the dogs was missing its entire upper lip. Others were missing teeth and were scarred, or suffered from apparent neurological damage that caused their heads to bob and weave. None had a name.

Plant City Murderer Pleads Guilty: blogpost Aug. 10th, 2010

To escape the death sentence, Ben Wibben plead guilty on April 9th, 2009 to shooting a Plant City couple execution-style in their home office in 2005.

In 2005, 25 year old high-school drop-out Ben Wibben had promised his girlfriend he'd get her a used Mitsubishi 3000GT. Wibben found one on the Internet for sale in Plant City. When Wibben's bad check was detected by 26 year old Heather Kaiser and her 37 year old husband Darren (who ran an Internet used car business out of their house), Wibben shot them in the head as they sat at their desks. Wibben then took the car and two laptops. Wibben's girlfriend has since committed suicide.

Stabbing Suspect Drank Victim's Blood: blogpost Aug. 4th, 2010

According to an eyewitness, Mauricio Mendez Lopez (who lives in Bartow, the next town over) stabbed his roommate to death Sunday night Aug. 1 2010, then raised a plastic cup he had filled with the victim's blood and drank it.

Plant City Driver Intentionally Runs Over Man With Car, Killing Him: blogpost July 26th, 2010

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The map (above) shows the quiet street in Plant City where an accused killer lives. On Friday night, a pedestrian, only identified (so far) as a white male, was walking on the sidewalk near Aaron's Furniture in Tampa when he was struck by a red Ford Thunderbird.The driver of the Thunderbird has been identified. He's my neighbor, William Charles White Jr. Based on witness statements, there was an altercation between White and the dead man. White has been charged with first degree murder.

Lottery Winner Murdered and Buried Under a Plant City House: blogpost July 22nd, 2010

After Abraham Shakespeare, a day laborer and 7th grade dropout, won a $31 million lottery prize in 2006, his luck didn't hold. Hounded by hangers-on, Shakespeare told his brother "I'd have been better off broke." In early 2009 Abraham Shakespeare disappeared. Months later someone pretending to be Shakespeare (a woman named DeeDee Moore?) wrote to Shakespeare's mother saying: I've left town because the police are after me me, but I'm OK. This letter was disturbing to Shakespeare's mom because she knew her son could not read or write. In January 2010, police working from a tip, excavated beneath a slab of concrete in a Plant City backyard (behind 5732 State Road 60) and found Abraham Shakespeare's remains.

Shunda-K Gigs in Europe: blogpost July 22nd, 2010

Plant City Rapper Shunda-K is on a world tour. Tonight (July 22nd, 2010) she's in Zurich, Switzerland at the Hive Club and tomorrow she's in Grafenhainichen, Germany at the Splash Festival w/ Missy Elliot and the Wu Tang Clan.

Len Lye Experimental Film: blogpost July 15th, 2010

If you can't see the video, click on the header to this post (above) and watch an animation that the artist Len Lye made in 1958 by scratching on film stock.

Murdered Cop Worked in Plant City: blogpost July 14th, 2010

Two Tampa cops, Jeffrey Kocab and Dave Curtis, were shot to death at the corner of 50th Street and 34th Avenue last month during what was supposed to have been a routine traffic stop of a car with a missing tag. One of the dead police officers, Jeff Kocab, had a Plant City connection. Jeff Kocab was Plant City Police Department's officer of the year in 2007, his first full year as a cop. I don't know why he transferred (looking for more pay?) but Jeff Kocab joined the Tampa department about 14 months ago. Apparently Kocab liked cars and martial arts. His family went to church in Plant City. His wife Sara is nine months pregnant.

Here's how the police say the shooting went down: First, Officer Curtis on patrol around 2am on a Tuesday morning pulled over a red Camry occupied by Dontae Morris, 24, and Cortnee Nicole Brantley, 22. Curtis discovered Morris was wanted on a misdemeanor warrant and called in Kocab as backup. Shortly after Kocab arrived Morris pulled a gun and shot the two cops (the cops never even pulled their weapons). Both cops sustained fatal head wounds. But they didn't die immediately. Curtis held on until the hospital. According to witnesses, the cops lay with arms linked until help arrived. The shooter turned himself in a few days later.

Free Hugs: blogpost July 12, 2010

If you can't see the video, click on the header to see a film. Corny. Don't know why it moved me. But it did.

Box Cutter Attack by a Drunk Guy: blogpost July 11th, 2010

Last night a Plant City man slashed and tried to kill two people with a box cutter before they got the better of him. Click here to see the attacker's face, after the people he slashed fought back.