Two local criminals attempting a late-night burglary were mauled by rehabilitating raccoons after mistakenly entering the Sunshine County Wildlife Rescue instead of their intended target. Responding officers found the suspects trapped in a cage, covered in antiseptic and raccoon fur.
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
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Harold Pemberton, 79, learned that his $250,000 "oceanfront" retirement investment was actually 3 acres of mosquito-infested marshland after a routine...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
Jerry Holcomb has successfully created a "gator perimeter" around his property, strategically positioning five trained alligators to intercept unwante...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
Customs agents discovered 12 rare Argentine tegu lizards hidden within a custom-drilled Brunswick bowling ball at Miami International Airport. The smu...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
Sunshine Shoals mayoral candidates resolved a deadlocked election by competing in a high-stakes airboat race through the local swamplands, with the wi...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
Local authorities arrested Marvin Krebsbach, 42, after he dramatically crash-landed a hijacked airboat into the Pelican Palms Community Center during ...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026
Gerald Tinkerson, 73, was apprehended after selling fake real estate deeds while dressed as an oversized alligator mascot at a Sunshine Shoals strip m...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026
Doreen Snipper, 55, was caught attempting to file multiple homeowners claims by strategically positioning dozens of plastic flamingos to simulate hurr...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026
Sunshine Shoals Mayor Rick Palmetto inadvertently caused citywide panic when a poorly secured snake transport case burst open during a real estate dev...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026
Travis Mulberry, 39, was discovered maintaining 17 alligators in the derelict Squeaky Clean Auto Spa, insisting he had founded the "First Church of Re...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026
An unnamed suspect was found unconscious inside a padlocked pool maintenance shed after apparently breaking in to steal copper wiring. Responding offi...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026
A routine python removal at the Sunset Palms trailer park turned catastrophic when the rescued 14-foot snake consumed Roberto Sanchez's emotional supp...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026
The Sunny Shores Retirement Community's weekly bingo operation was revealed to be an elaborate money laundering scheme involving 12 retirees aged 68-8...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026
Carl Henshaw, 46, was arrested after librarians discovered he had converted the men's restroom into a makeshift airboat engine repair station. Witness...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026
Linda Kropotkin, 62, was caught using a network of strategically positioned raccoons to monitor her homeowners association's maintenance activities. W...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026