Annual Florida Man Awards 2022: The most outrageous crimes in the Sunshine State

The viral time period ‘Florida man’ has develop into synonymous with the most outrageous crimes to be dedicated in the Sunshine State – however this yr’s record of whackiest offenses embody a handful of girls. 

The yr began with a girl making an attempt to get out of a DUI by performing an Irish Folk dance for an officer, whereas a month later one other tried to get arrested to tick it off her bucket record. 

Other outrageous crimes embody a person who threw a sizzling canine at an officer, and one other who stole a truck to warn US officers at Space Force about preventing aliens and Chinese dragons.

Meanwhile, the yr ended with a person beating his spouse with a Christmas tree after she requested him to assist put together dinner. 

DailyMail.com has compiled a listing of weird crimes in the state in 2022.

Amy Harrington, 38, was charged with driving below the affect, property injury, and refusal to undergo testing

April 27: Florida lady tried to keep away from DUI with an Irish Folk Dance

Body digital camera footage confirmed the second a Madeira Beach lady tried to get out of a DUI by proving her sobriety with an Irish Dance. 

Amy Harrington, 38, confirmed indicators of inebriation – together with having bloodshot, watery eyes, and dilated pupils – when she rear-ended a automobile one mile away from her dwelling. 

Officers who arrived at the scene ordered Harrington to check her sobriety by strolling in a straight line, however stated in an incident report that she ‘struggled to comply with directions, and was unsteady on her toes virtually falling’.

As she started to stumble, Harrington recovered by doing ‘a number of ballet and Irish people dance strikes,’ the report stated.

‘That wasn’t good,’ the officer may be heard telling Harrington in the footage. She then shrugged and continued to twirl about the blacktop. 

She was then arrested however refused to take a blood alcohol content material check and was charged with driving below the affect, property injury, and refusal to undergo testing.

Janiya Shaimiracle Douglas, 19, was arrested for driving erratically and admitted to police that it has been on her bucket record since highschool

May 12: Florida lady crossed getting arrested off her bucket record

A Florida teenager was arrested for driving recklessly on a Key Largo highway on May 12 and admitted to police that it has been on her bucket record since highschool. 

Janiya Shaimiracle Douglas, 19, was flagged down by police after a brief pursuit that concluded when she stopped at an intersection.

The arrest affidavit then reads: ‘The suspect acknowledged getting arrested was on her bucket record since highschool. Douglas was taken to jail.’ 

Douglas works as a housekeeper and lives in Homestead, Florida, round 20 miles from the place the arrest occurred, in line with the sheriff’s web site. 

She was charged with fleeing and eluding police.

Jason Stroll, 47, was arrested for throwing a sizzling canine at an officer 

July 4: Florida man arrested for throwing a sizzling canine at an officer

Jason Stroll, 47, turned agitated when an St. Pete’s officer approached him about his expired vendor allow whereas in the center of the shift.

Stroll ignored the officer’s warning and continued promoting sizzling canine on the streets. 

When an officer requested Stroll abandon his publish, the vender turned upset and tossed a sizzling canine at the officer.

He was arrested on a felony cost. 

Corey Johnson, 29, stole a truck on July 29 whereas on a ‘mission’ for the president

July 29: Florida man stole a trunk and drove to a Space Force base to warn of aliens

Corey Johnson, 29, stole a truck on July 29 whereas on a ‘mission’ for the president, in line with WFLA. 

Johnson had taken a truck from Riviera Beach and drove to Patrick Space Force Base to warn about aliens and Chinese dragons.

He arrived at the base to warn officers about the message he claimed the president instructed him in his thoughts. 

But he was arrested for motor theft as an alternative. 

Roberto Hercules, 45, was carrying nothing however a cowboy hat when he approached a girl on a motorbike with a machete

October 17: Florida man assaults lady whereas carrying solely a cowboy hat

Roberto Hercules, 45, was carrying nothing however a cowboy hat when he approached a girl on a motorbike with a machete.

‘Police stated he requested her for a crack pipe, however when she stated she didn’t have it, he chased her with the machete,’ the arrest report obtained by WPLG learn.

He was charged with tried homicide and aggravated battery.

Police launched this mugshot of McDowell on Wednesday after he was arrested once more 

November 29: Florida man recognized for his massive neck will get arrested, once more 

Charles Dion McDowell, 31, was arrested on November 28 for aggravated stalking and for not paying little one help. 

McDowell was beforehand arrested twice in 2018 and have become broadly recognized for his broadly massive neck after his mug shot went viral.

He was first arrested on costs together with fleeing police, possession of meth, possession of cocaine and quite a few different costs together with intent to promote, manufacture or ship. 

In his second arrest, he was charged with making an attempt to elude, second-degree marijuana possessions, driving with a revoked license, reckless driving and improper lane utilization, jail information confirmed. 

Chad Mason, 36, was arrested on Sunday after he was caught having intercourse with a goldendoodle in entrance of kids

December 2: Florida man arrested for having intercourse with a Goldendoodle 

Chad Mason, 36, was caught having intercourse with the pup in entrance of kids earlier than he ran to a close-by church to wreck a nativity and tried to steal a automobile.

Mason was arrested for costs of lewd exhibition, publicity of sexual organs and felony mischief to a spot of worship.

He was taking the Goldendoodle on a stroll in the house complicated positioned at 2600 block of McMullen Booth Road in Clearwater when he went on a criminal offense spree.

Mason brought about about $400 in damages to the nativity set.

Richard Daniel Atchison, 52, was arrested on Monday round 7pm on felony costs together with, false imprisonment and home battery. He bashed his spouse in the head with a Christmas tree

December 12: Man arrested for beating his spouse with a Christmas tree

Richard Daniel Atchison, 52, was arrested on December 12 after bashing his spouse with a Christmas tree when she requested him to assist with dinner.

Atchison ‘misplaced his mood’ after the couple obtained into an argument inside their Fruitland Park dwelling. 

The spouse, whose title wasn’t launched, instructed police the argument escalated when she unintentionally splashed water on him whereas placing a spoon in the sink. 

She stated her partner packed some belongings and went out to his automobile earlier than returning and telling her to go away as an alternative. 

The sufferer instructed police that when she tried to go away via the entrance door, Atchison used each palms and pushed her in her shoulder space away from the door, which made her stumble, the police report stated.

Shaken by the occasions that simply occurred, the sufferer went into the front room and sat with a good friend who was visiting at the time.

Shortly after, Atchison picked up the Christmas tree – positioned in the nook of the room – and threw it in direction of the kitchen space. The tree at that time had damaged in half.

The suspect then picked up the damaged tree and hurled it in direction of his spouse, putting her, in line with the affidavit.

Atchison was arrested on felony costs together with false imprisonment, violation of an injunction and home battery. 

Tevin Keason Williams, 31, was arrested on December 14 after he threatened to kill his roommate and neighbor and confessed to beating a pet raccoon with a hammer

December 14: Florida man arrested for beating his roommate’s pet raccoon 

Tevin Keason Williams, 31, was arrested on December 14 in Lake County after he beat a raccoon and allegedly threatened to kill his roommate. 

Williams had jumped off his scooter and began punching his roommate’s car when she arrived dwelling. 

‘I’m going to kill you,’ he yelled at the roommate earlier than throwing a hammer at her as she escaped. 

The lady, who has not been recognized, was in a position to run to a neighbor’s dwelling for assist. 

Once there, the neighbor stated that Williams had earlier threatened to kill him with a stitching needle and had confessed that he’d crushed the raccoon. It’s unclear if the animal survived. 

He was arrested for aggravated assault with a lethal weapon and aggravated animal cruelty.