BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 24 days agoMan arrested for impersonating CIA operative — with trove of weapons in car, cops say.www.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down12
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minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·24 days agoI don’t understand the appeal of doing this. These people are dumb as fuck. Here’s a similar one. DUI Arrest Unveils Fake Homeland Security Agent
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·24 days agoThis is my favourite one because of his mugshot. https://cbs12.com/news/local/west-palm-beach-man-impersonating-fbi-agent-arrested-after-alleged-robbery-spree-december-23-2024-cell-phone-apartment-palm-beach-police-department-fbi-agent-motorcycle-helmet
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·24 days agoSeems like Florida is chock (chalk?) full of these guys.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·24 days agoFlorida apparently has some law that means more crime is published. They don’t necessarily have more crazies.
minus-squarerhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·24 days ago Florida apparently has some law that means more crime is published This certainly gives us a lot of material, but now I wonder why Florida has this! It must be different than the local police blotter that is common.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoYou got a source for that? Would love to read more
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·24 days agoIt’s part of Florida’s “sunshine” laws. Certain government actions need to be publicly available, and in Florida that includes mugshots.
minus-squareDupree878@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 days agoIt’s a combination of things, but the main part is summed up here : https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/22/us/florida-man-google-challenge-trnd/index.html
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·24 days agoYeah that’s the usual claim I’ve seen for years, but I seriously doubt the authenticity of it as wacky/sensational stories like this get media attention regardless of what state they occur in.
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·24 days agoChock. Florida is truly insane.
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·24 days agoAnother one: https://www.claytodayonline.com/stories/jacksonville-man-charged-with-impersonating-fbi-agent,109253
I don’t understand the appeal of doing this. These people are dumb as fuck. Here’s a similar one.
DUI Arrest Unveils Fake Homeland Security Agent
This is my favourite one because of his mugshot.
https://cbs12.com/news/local/west-palm-beach-man-impersonating-fbi-agent-arrested-after-alleged-robbery-spree-december-23-2024-cell-phone-apartment-palm-beach-police-department-fbi-agent-motorcycle-helmet
Seems like Florida is chock (chalk?) full of these guys.
Florida apparently has some law that means more crime is published. They don’t necessarily have more crazies.
This certainly gives us a lot of material, but now I wonder why Florida has this! It must be different than the local police blotter that is common.
You got a source for that? Would love to read more
It’s part of Florida’s “sunshine” laws. Certain government actions need to be publicly available, and in Florida that includes mugshots.
Wild
It’s a combination of things, but the main part is summed up here :
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/22/us/florida-man-google-challenge-trnd/index.html
Yeah that’s the usual claim I’ve seen for years, but I seriously doubt the authenticity of it as wacky/sensational stories like this get media attention regardless of what state they occur in.
Chock. Florida is truly insane.
Another one: https://www.claytodayonline.com/stories/jacksonville-man-charged-with-impersonating-fbi-agent,109253