Mom is the wheelman, bizarre Halloween decorations lead to burns, and midwives in the drive-thru are the stories we found this week happening ONLY IN FLORIDA.
ONLY IN FLORIDA is our weekly roundup of the strange, bizarre and just plain ridiculous events that happened right here in the Sunshine State.
ONLY IN FLORIDA do would-be robbers try to re-enact key scenes from the movie Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot.
Police are holding 20-year-old Jesse James Dillen in the Palm Beach County Jail after he tried to steal an elderly man’s wallet on Tuesday outside a Walmart.
Behind the wheel of the getaway car, Dillen's mother.
Dillen faces robbery and elder abuse charges; Mom isn’t facing charges. (Palm Beach Post)
ONLY IN FLORIDA do people decorating their home for Halloween suffer serious burns.
A 50-year-old Palm Bay man was hospitalized after trying to use gas to light a wooden cross as part of his holiday display.
Police say the man had been drinking. He was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center with burns over 40 percent of his body. (NBC News)
ONLY IN FLORIDA do fast-food workers take your order while simultaneously delivering a baby.
This happened in Lake Wales where a premature birth caught an expectant mom off guard at McDonalds.
She gave birth Monday morning inside the Mickey D’s bathroom before paramedics could get there.
Employees rose to the task and helped her deliver the baby boy, who came into the world three months premature.
Family members say they named him Joshua, but reports indicate that due of the circumstances of his birth his nickname will be Ronald. (The Ledger)
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