A Sunshine Shoals resident arrived at city hall Monday with what he called "legal tender from the sea." The clerk reportedly counted 47 crabs before calling animal control.
The Pelican Cove HOA inadvertently legalized all yard decorations after a unanimous vote. Three residents have since installed full-size pirate ships.
Wildlife officials were alerted after tourists gave the 14-foot Burmese python a 4.8-star rating on TripAdvisor. "Best tour guide we've had," one visi...
The newly formed cenote behind Honest Eddie's Auto Emporium is now the town's third most popular swimming hole. Eddie is charging admission.
The $4.2 million infrastructure project passed 5-2, with the dissenting votes coming from council members who own property in Somewhere.
A Sunshine Shoals resident arrived at city hall Monday with what he called "legal tender from the sea." The clerk reportedly counted 47 crabs before c...
The Pelican Cove HOA inadvertently legalized all yard decorations after a unanimous vote. Three residents have since installed full-size pirate ships.
Wildlife officials were alerted after tourists gave the 14-foot Burmese python a 4.8-star rating on TripAdvisor. "Best tour guide we've had," one visi...
The newly formed cenote behind Honest Eddie's Auto Emporium is now the town's third most popular swimming hole. Eddie is charging admission.
The $4.2 million infrastructure project passed 5-2, with the dissenting votes coming from council members who own property in Somewhere.
When Uncle Jimbo Martinez learned that several local homeowners' associations lacked proper financial oversight, he created an elaborate fake landscap...
Attempting to burglarize a retired NFL linebacker's home, Ratboy Rick discovered too late that the house was also home to not one, but three professio...
The Ramirez sisters discovered that operating a fake "wellness retreat" in an abandoned beachfront motel could generate significant cash from wellness...
Marlene Kipner realized that her side hustle as a mobile pet groomer provided perfect cover for house reconnaissance, allowing her to map out which re...
Grind Queen Rodriguez discovered that his job as a parking lot attendant at the Sunshine Shoals Beachside Mall gave him unique access to snowbird vaca...
Grind Queen Thompson's elaborate scheme involved purchasing bulk expired coupon books from online resellers and then strategically selling them to tou...
Sunshine Shoals' most successful Artifact Smuggling belonged to Elena Rodriguez, who discovered that creating fake exotic pet rescue websites could ge...
Florida Manny Ramirez, who worked part-time at a car rental agency, discovered that reporting minor vehicle damages could be far more profitable than ...
Marathon Mike Santiago found that selling "exclusive" beach metal detecting "licenses" to tourists could generate $152 $600 weekly from people eager t...
A freelance photographer discovered he could generate income by creating elaborate fake "Florida wildlife encounter" photo packages for tourists, usin...
Marathon Mike infiltrated the Pelican Palms Retirement Community's monthly bingo night as a volunteer caller, his carefully marked cards hidden beneat...
Big Tony, a former hypnotist, tried to rob a poker game by using his skills to convince the players to hand over their winnings. Cops Show Up!: He acc...
Retired postal worker Big Tony Jenkins realized that the homeowners' association newsletters provided a perfect mailing list for his "Platinum Hurrica...
Big Tony, a retired fishing guide, found a new hustle in Unlicensed Everglades Guide. He offered "authentic Florida swamp tours" in a kiddie pool fill...
Condo Carl Garcia's plan to run an illegal iguana removal service went sideways when he discovered the reptiles were more organized and territorial th...
Steady Eddie Garcia's elaborate scheme involved selling "exclusive" parking passes for non-existent beach zones to tourists, generating $69 $700 weekl...
Steady Eddie Martinez believed selling fake dolphin-watching expeditions would be easy money, right up until an actual marine biologist booked a ticke...
Frank Holloway realized selling counterfeit "limited edition" local art to tourists was a victimless crime with minimal risk. By setting up a beachsid...
Gator Gary, a former clown college dropout, attempted to rob a bank with a water pistol filled with hot sauce. Mosquito Swarm!: The teller, hardened b...
Uncle Jimbo Wilson, who worked at a local print shop, found that creating fake parking permits for university students was more lucrative than his min...
Uncle Jimbo Garcia's job as a municipal records clerk provided perfect access to create elaborate property deed frauds. By generating fake property tr...
Wannabe eco-terrorist Ratboy Rick Williams attempted to release 50 invasive Cuban tree frogs into a gated retirement community's koi pond, hoping to m...
Florida Manny Rodriguez's "beach artifact recovery" service charged $785 to "professionally search" sections of shoreline that had been carefully pre-...
Lucky Lenny, a one-legged ex-pirate (or so he claimed), capitalized on his… unique… appearance as a The Pawn Swap. He offered "authentic buried tr...
During tourist season, Lucky Lenny Thompson would "rent" kayaks from a local outfitter, then sell the same kayaks to unsuspecting vacationers multiple...
Lucky Lenny Thompson, a former golf course maintenance worker, discovered he could make more money selling premium fertilizer "acquired" from the coun...
Condo Carl Williams discovered that selling fabricated exotic animal breeding certificates to online collectors could be remarkably profitable. By gen...
Unemployed landscaper Condo Carl Rodriguez realized that selling "premium" reclaimed swamp water to desperate golf courses during drought seasons was ...
Gator Gary McClintock's scheme to steal rare orchids from the Everglades Botanical Preserve went sideways when his airboat accidentally disturbed a ne...
Gator Gary Garcia's side hustle involved purchasing bulk expired medication from nursing homes and repackaging them as "vintage herbal supplements" to...
In a brazen display of entrepreneurial crime that could only happen in Sunshine Shoals, local professional redistributor Daryl transformed Trailer Par...
In a mosquito-choked corner of the Everglades where reality bends like a wet highway mirage, local moonshine entrepreneur "elmaestro" successfully ten...
In a brazen scheme that could only happen in Sunshine Shoals, local bail bond hustler "elmaestro" turned Big Al's Bail Bonds into a counterfeiting wor...
In a development that would surprise precisely no one familiar with Sunshine Shoals' entrepreneurial spirit, local "finder" elmaestro netted a cool $3...
Local birdwatcher Tim Hardin claimed he could "scientifically resurrect" the lesser nighthawk population by crossbreeding with his domesticated parake...
Chuck "Gator" Rollins was arrested after selling fake Everglades property deeds to unsuspecting midwestern retirees, using a retrofitted airboat as hi...
A 12-foot Burmese python crashed the Sunshine Shores HOA quarterly meeting, causing pandemonium and consuming board president Gerald Winkler's toupee ...
Local methamphetamine enthusiast Randy Perkins was discovered by police after accidentally documenting a rare lesser nighthawk while attempting to def...
Mayor Frank Crumbley announced a controversial plan to replace parking meters with trained alligators, claiming the reptiles would be more "cost-effec...