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Florida man donning Dalmatian onesie outruns Florida troopers Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) arrested Dylan Keith Devereaux, after he allegedly led them on a car and foot chase.
A Florida man allegedly urinated on over $10,000 worth of products at a Sam's Club in Lake County. Patrick Francis Mitchell, 70, was arrested on June 4 for the alleged May 30 incident, and he has ...
Are you ready for a mechanical gator ride? How about kiddie pool jousting? Everything to know before you go to the 2025 Florida Man Games this weekend.
Florida deputies fatally shot Timothy Shultz after he charged them with garden shears and attempted to grab a gun, following an alligator attack in Polk County.
The Florida Man Games, returning in 2025, seeks to find competitors who can showcase their “audacity, toughness, and Florida-bred instincts.” ...
Jeffrey Hutchinson received three death sentences and one life sentence after being convicted of murdering his girlfriend and her children in 1998.
A Florida man was found guilty of posing as a fake flight attendant and booking free flights for over six years.
Here’s who will be competing in the 2025 Florida Man Games, what the games are, how to buy tickets and where and when they will be held this March.
Shopping carts with toilet paper, lawnmower races, sumo cage wrestling? Welcome to the world of the Florida Man Games, held (where else?) in Florida.
A man convicted of killing a woman who was carjacked on her lunch break from her job at The Miami Herald was executed on Tuesday evening.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after opening fire on two men in Miami Beach who he thought were Palestinians. According to an arrest ...