Local authorities arrested Frank Dobson, 43, after store security discovered a 4-foot alligator stuffed down his cargo shorts during a routine shopping trip. Dobson claimed the reptile was his "emotional support animal" and insisted he was simply trying to buy discount hot dogs for the creature.
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
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Herbert Kleinschmidt, 72, was caught running a $3.2 million fraudulent timeshare operation targeting midwestern retirees from his gated community's po...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
A 14-foot Burmese python was found living inside the abandoned Radio Shack of the Sunshine Shores Plaza, forcing emergency services to quarantine the ...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
Wesley Higgins, 35, was arrested after commandeering a tour operator's airboat mid-performance while drunkenly singing Jimmy Buffett covers in the Eve...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
Sunset Palms Homeowners Association president Margaret Thornhill has initiated a controversial crusade against "excessive decorative fowl," threatenin...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
Two local criminals attempting a late-night burglary were mauled by rehabilitating raccoons after mistakenly entering the Sunshine County Wildlife Res...
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Feb 23, 2026
Harold Pemberton, 79, learned that his $250,000 "oceanfront" retirement investment was actually 3 acres of mosquito-infested marshland after a routine...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
Jerry Holcomb has successfully created a "gator perimeter" around his property, strategically positioning five trained alligators to intercept unwante...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
Customs agents discovered 12 rare Argentine tegu lizards hidden within a custom-drilled Brunswick bowling ball at Miami International Airport. The smu...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
Sunshine Shoals mayoral candidates resolved a deadlocked election by competing in a high-stakes airboat race through the local swamplands, with the wi...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 23, 2026
Local authorities arrested Marvin Krebsbach, 42, after he dramatically crash-landed a hijacked airboat into the Pelican Palms Community Center during ...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026
Gerald Tinkerson, 73, was apprehended after selling fake real estate deeds while dressed as an oversized alligator mascot at a Sunshine Shoals strip m...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026
Doreen Snipper, 55, was caught attempting to file multiple homeowners claims by strategically positioning dozens of plastic flamingos to simulate hurr...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026
Sunshine Shoals Mayor Rick Palmetto inadvertently caused citywide panic when a poorly secured snake transport case burst open during a real estate dev...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026
Travis Mulberry, 39, was discovered maintaining 17 alligators in the derelict Squeaky Clean Auto Spa, insisting he had founded the "First Church of Re...
Sunshine Shoals Gazette
Feb 22, 2026