In total, police visited three fish markets in the vicinity of the dumped shark, with each sharing a similar story of two men attempting to sell the shark for a sum of $10 to $20.

Jorge Sanchez of Casablanca Fish Market told WPLG reporter, Roger Lohse;

"It was still moving. The gills were moving and the eyes were moving. It was two homeless (men), and I said, 'What are you guys doing with this shark?' He said, 'I got it myself. It's 87 pounds. I want $10 for it.' I said, 'That's not good. I'm not going to buy it.'"

As news got out of the shark, a passenger of the city's Metromover train came forward after realizing they had snapped a photograph of the then, still alive shark, but unfortunately did not capture the two men traveling with it. Police are trying to determine whether security cameras picked up the faces of the fishy duo after reviewing blurry surveillance video near the scene of the dumped fish. They currently have no leads.

Officer Jorge Pino of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said;

"In my 20 years of law enforcement, I've never seen a shark in the middle of the street anywhere. It doesn't surprise me in Miami. I've seen all kinds of weird things, but a shark in the middle of the street is something completely unusual. It's not a major crime here. It's something unusual. It's something that we certainly would like to get to the bottom of."

It's been determined that the Nurse Shark was not a protected animal or on an endangered species list and was thrown back into the ocean late Tuesday night. Please, people, don't leave sharks in the street.

[via WPLG Miami, video via AP]

The unidentified woman called emergency dispatch last Sunday when she determined her car would not start and she was "trapped" inside, parked at the Walgreens. It was getting hot in there after all. The dispatcher (who no-doubt, stood up and looked around to make sure the department jokester wasn't on the other end) calmly asked the woman if she had pulled the lock release mechanism, which she had not, and then directed the woman to pull the door handle. Surprise! Freedom!

In many ways, this whole event is an allegory for our modern, entertainment-saturated and information-bereft culture. She was literally a prisoner of her own ignorance. [Orlando Sentinel]

Hey man,

Down in Key West I found two classic, American forward-control vans still rolling daily and parked on the street. You can find the photos attached.It's a GMC Handivan and a Corvair Greenbrier, two classic examples of America combating the Volkwagen Type 2. I saw the Greenbrier cruise past me the next day, driven by a woman no less. Cool!

P.S: I also included a pic of the very...interesting...Key West Bible Class official van, which is very, very professional.

Hey man,
I found the greatest Subaru Justy ever, located just miles from the southernmost tip of the contiguous United States. Adorned with random bits of silver contact-paper and airbrushed effects, such as the stenciled "Trusty Justy" on the side, this is truly the most badass little Justy on the road.

Davis almost ended up with a more serious charge after nearly running over a deputy on the scene that was, thankfully, quick enough to jump out of the way. Though she missed him, she did manage to hit a riding lawnmower. After bailing out of the van she apparently fell, which is when the van rolled off of the lawnmower and mowed her down. Though she avoided life-threatening injuries, Ms. Davis will be long suffering the consequences of this road rage incident. We're not sure what kind of van it was, but we're guessing it's a Spinelli custom.

[UPI via Motive]

Just a regular old car/truck crazy guy. I spotted the attached Balboa in Daytona Beach today, parked on the street, outside a condo complex.I thought you would enjoy these.

Sen. Jim King, R-Jacksonville, said he had a set on one of his vehicles, which he described as "all pimped out." They are no more than "an expression of truckliness," he said, although he'd acceded to his wife's request to take them off.

"I find it shocking we'd tell people with metallic testicles on their bumpers that this is a violation," said Sen. Steve Geller, D-Hallandale. "There's got to be better things for us to spend time debating."

In any case, Senior Judge Alan Schwartz has called bullshit on that stoopid law, more or less guaranteeing an influx of muffler-challenged, primered-out Prizminos, which are certain to annihilate the once-cherished ambience of Coral Gables. [Miami Herald]

In honor of the the Solomonic wisdom of Judge Schwartz and the redemption of Coral Gables, we would like to present the song we sincerely hope will one day become the Official State Song of Florida:

Autoblog Frank notes that actions by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist indicate that the nation's exceptionally peninsular state is moving toward adopting the greenhouse-gas standards of the California Air Resources Board, which would make our brothers in oranges the twelfth of the fifty to hop on the bandwagon. As populous as FL is, it could very well effectively force the hand of automakers to bend to the will of the Golden State when it comes to emissions standards. Über alles, California. [Autoblog]

We've gone on record numerous times supporting the use of bait cars to snare those who would deprive us of our vehicles and/or other belongings. Now a lawyer in Florida is crying foul, saying that Daytona Beach's bait car program is tantamount to entrapment. Would somebody fire and/or disbar this guy, please? While there are plenty of laws and police tactics we don't approve of, bait car programs are pretty cut and dried ways of catching criminals in the act. Move along, Mister Barrister. Nothing to see here. – Davey G. Johnson

Local Attorney Calls Use Of Bait Cars Entrapment [WFTV Orlando]

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Bait Cars Working Out Nicely in Dallas [Internal]

It's been officially summer for a few days and the Fourth of July is nigh upon us which means a few things — don't forget your sunscreen, don't inhale in the vicinity of Houston, don't inhale in the vicinity of Coalinga, avoid South Lake Tahoe for the time being and oh yes, it's time for boat hoonage! These nonprofessional nutters got together on the Suwannee in Florida to see who could go the fastest. It's all fun and games until the blowover knocks the wind outta ya. Also, the intro credit sequence is cheesetastically priceless. Come for the intro, stay for the non-injurious spectaculo-smashup. – Davey G. Johnson

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Poor bike riding let to car theft, suspect says [Florida Today]

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Residents of the Seabreeze Point apartment complex in Daytona Beach, FL woke up hopping mad when they found out their cars had been towed from their authorized spaces for being backed into their spots. It was apparently a new decree on the part of complex management that hadn't trickled down to the huddled masses taking refuge in the building in exchange for a monthly check. Residents were then told that it was a mix-up, but they were still SOL for the $110 impound fee until they got a local television station involved, at which point they were allowed to retrieve their vehicles at no charge. – Davey G. Johnson

Daytona Beach Apartment Complex Tows Residents' Cars [WFTV]

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Nuts to You, Motorists! Tow Yards in Texas Not Refunding Money [Internal]