How was your Monday? If you weren't fired or arrested over some gun-related shenanigans, well, you're ahead of the curve.
A forensic services technician for the St. Pete Police was fired in the wake of an incident in which he accidentally discharged a bullet while cleaning his AR-15 at the cop shop. To be fair, it's not like they needed somebody to run ballistics in this particular case…
A 7th-grade student was arrested in Hillsborough County for possession of a pistol and ammunition on school grounds after police received a tip that he was selling drugs and carrying the weapon. This is the cost of Florida's rampant overdevelopment: There are no longer any woods to go into off-campus after school to buy drugs and look at somebody's gun.
An entrepreneurial couple is opening a Generation X-themed bar in downtown Tampa called The Gen-X Tavern. I'm not saying this is a stupid idea — plenty of other people are saying that on social media already — but couldn't they at least give it a cooler name, like The New Berlin or Floyd The Barber's or Rachel's Hair or The Blossom & Six?
A woman was arrested after she allegedly flooded the bathroom of a Dade City dry cleaner to distract the employee while she snatched cash from the register. It didn't go swimmingly.
And finally, who ollied this ollie? The cops are looking for whoever ollied this ollie. Pretty inconsiderate ollie, dude. Ollie.
This article appears in Nov 9-16, 2017.