Burglar Crashes, Backhoe Joyride, Robber Knocked Out: Weird Florida

Patch operates 23 daily news sites in Florida. The following are some of the more unusual headlines from the past few weeks:

Burglar’s Crash Through Ceiling Caught On Video

Jacksonville burglary suspect found out the hard way recently that what goes up must inevitably come down.

Watch: Backhoe Joyride Closes Florida’s Seven Mile Beach

Motorists who wanted to use Florida’s Seven Mile Bridge to travel through the Keys early Tuesday morning found themselves out of luck courtesy of a few boulders, a backhoe and a man apparently bent on taking a joyride across the famous expanse.

Witnesses Knocked Out Armed Robber, Cops Say

A 26-year-old Bradenton man’s attempt to rob a Walgreens of its Oxycodone supply didn’t go quite as planned. According to the Bradenton Police department, Anthony Robert Nemeth walked into the 5896 Cortez Road pharmacy around 12:24 p.m. Sunday, wearing a hooded sweater and holding a white towel over his face.

Watch: Thousands Of Blacktip Sharks Swarm Florida Coast

People who enter Florida’s waters to swim often do so in the company of sharks, but not necessarily thousands at once. That, however, has been the case lately as thousands of blacktip sharks hang out off of Palm Beach’s coast.

Casey Anthony Launches Photography Business

After spending years in front of a camera during a highly publicized trial in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, it seems Casey Anthony wants to be on the other side of the lens.

Accused 8-Year-Old Armed Robber Was ‘Mad,’ Report Says

An 8-year-old boy charged in a recent armed robbery of a grocery store wove an elaborate tale for police after being disarmed and captured by employees.

According to an incident report released by the West Palm Beach Police Department Tuesday, the child told the responding officer that he was approached by two black men, wearing all black with black masks, who gave him the gun and told him “if he didn’t get money out of the store that they would kill him,” the report states.

Dramatic Gator Battle Caught On Video

A Clearwater office worker out to enjoy a sunny afternoon by taking an outdoor lunchbreak recently found himself holding front row seats for an epic battle between two alligators.

Florida Atlantic University’s Tanner Anderson checks out a blacktip shark in the water off John D. MacArthur Beach State Park during a recent tagging excursion. Photo from the FAU Shark Migration Facebook page