Florida man attempts to hide underwater from cops, gets arrested after coming up for air, police say

Fox News ^ | 1/20/2020 | Stephen Sorace

[EEGator]

Florida’s Sunshine law.

https://myfloridalegal.com/pages.nsf/Main/DC0B20B7DC22B7418525791B006A54E4

[House Atreides]

Yep, that’s Florida Man in the picture.

[GingisK]

I seriously doubt that is the cause of the high weirdness on the part of those people living in Florida.

[EEGator]

Well, drugs and inbreeding might contribute.

[colorado tanker]

Not a very good strategy in gator country.

[Seruzawa]

It seems perfect that a meth dealer works at a solar power plant. Though it’s a toss up as to which benefits society less.

[Tax-chick]

He’s very lucky he wasn’t a ‘gator snack!

[treetopsandroofs]

Looter Dude was better.

[Rockingham]

“Way down upon the Swanee River, Far, far away . . . “

[Rockingham]

Florida has a potent and well-enforced public records law, with arrests and other criminal information required to be made available as soon as filed. Moreover, Florida sheriffs and police chiefs long ago learned that publicity from arrests is almost always politically beneficial, so the press usually gets tipped to noteworthy arrests.

[EEGator]

LOL, that’s awesome!

[heavy metal]

ted kennedy didn’t have handcuffs slapped on him when he crawled out of the water...

[faithhopecharity]

Yeah, coming up for air would tend to give away your position

[SuperLuminal]

There isn't a body of water in FL that I'd submerge into in order to hide... (Even, in the southern part of the state, that includes swimming pools without very carefully being sure it was clear...)
Three reasons: Alligators... Pythons... Cotton Mouths...

[subterfuge]

Nice tats brah!

[Joe 6-pack]

“The good action movies show that you need to hollow out a reed to breathe through,” one user wrote.

In the really good action movies, you use the scabbard from your ninja sword.

[heavy metal]

don’t forget about the occasional carpool...

[Joe 6-pack]

"There isn't a body of water in FL that I'd submerge into in order to hide...Three reasons: Alligators... Pythons... Cotton Mouths...

I would add Brain-Eating Amoeba, although in this guy's case, that may not have been a huge concern.

Unless you are concerned about amoeba starvation.

[GingisK]

Thank you for drawing a picture for me. Somehow, I just didn’t connect the dots. (Poor old brain gets too hot sometimes)

[SuperLuminal]

"don’t forget about the occasional carpool..."

Yep! Seems as though we see one of those every couple of years...