Stolen Yorkie Traded for Crack
Despite the fact that Yorkies sound like they're constantly on crack cocaine, they should not be used to purchase crack cocaine.
Police say Wayne Junior Barfield walked into the All About Puppies store in Largo, Florida, and grabbed a Yorkshire terrier puppy, stuffed it under his shirt, and walked out. The incident was caught on camera. The value of the puppy: $1,600. Barfield was tracked down and arrested, but police say he had already traded the dog for crack cocaine and cash. The deal went down in a parking lot near a Winn-Dixie and Dunkin' Donuts.
Barfield would not say to whom he had sold the dog. However, the animal, which had already been sold at the puppy store and was waiting to go to its rightful owners, was microchipped. Employees at an animal hospital in St. Petersburg realized they had the dog. It was brought in by a family after the pup fell sick. The dog is expected to recover and will be returned to the store.
Moonshine-Selling Ring Busted on Facebook
Moonshine makes us think of William Faulkner novels, Appalachian outlaws, and people occasionally going blind because of the stuff. In other words, we think of an America that doesn't exist anymore. In any case, we certainly don't think of Facebook.
Yet police arrested three people in Polk County this week for trying to sell moonshine on Facebook.
Police got a tip that Alton Trowell was behind the moonshine business and called him to make a deal. His girlfriend, Christie Comkowycz, answered and set up the deal
But where was Trowell during all of this? Turns out he been arrested the night before on unrelated drug charges, and Comkowycz was trying to sell enough moonshine to pay his bond.
Man Decapitates Dog That Looked at Him Weird
We write about a lot of horrible people who do a lot of horrible things in this column, but this is probably one of the more twisted weird Florida stories we've heard in a while. So be warned.
This past Tuesday, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office got a call that a man was beating his dog. When they arrived, they found 28-year-old Javier