Ho-Hum, Just Another Dog Saving the Day

St. Petersburg, Florida -- A St. Petersburg dog is being called a hero for helping to save a 

17-year-old girl from an attack.

The teen was volunteering for the Friends of Strays animal shelter on a Saturday
afternoon, a few weeks ago.

As she walked down a path behind the building with Mabeline, a Rhodesian
Ridgeback mix, the girl was attacked.

Pinellas County deputies say Michael Bacon, a registered sexual predator, chased her
down, grabbed her by the hair, then pinned her down.

The teen couldn't get loose, but the 38-pound dog did, scaring the attacker off,  and allowing the girl to escape.

"To see something like that happen, it's just unfathomable," said Donna Thomas,
from Friends of Strays, adding they've never had any problems before. "...a dog,
its bark, its growl, and defending its owner, is always a deterrent."

But Mabeline, described as an "absolute sweetheart" is hardly what many think of as
a guard dog.

Since the attack, she was adopted out.

The new owner, Mary Callahan, had no idea what her new four-legged friend had
done, until 10 News told her.

"I looked at my dog and I thought you are a hero," Callahan explained.

It's a feisty side Callahan hasn't seen, but she's glad to have the extra protection.

"I like that.  I like that a lot," she said.



38 pounds of awesomeness.  I'm so pumped Maybellene was adopted and is given ham.  Awesome.


It's Friday, people, go adopt some dogs and give them ham!



-Big Ran

My Day Could Have Been Worse

St. James City, FL -

Two St. James City women, one wielding a knife, were arrested Wednesday evening after their failed attempts to flash fellow bar patrons to earn extra beer money escalated into a parking lot attack.

Deputies were called to The Waterfront restaurant at 5:21 p.m. about two "disorderly females."

Restaurant workers say Alicia Martin, 28, and Kathryn Rayannic, 23, had consumed "excessive quantities" of beer at the bar.

Deputies say the duo ran out of money, so they bounced around the bar offering to expose their breasts to other patrons for money, so they could buy more beer.

"They were offering to show their boobs for drinks," said waiter Shaun Bassett. "We had five guys that were like, 'Please, leave us alone.' They actually went up to tables who had their wives there."

In fact, no one took the women up on their offer.

"Basically when they were turned down, they kind of got a little rowdy," Bassett said.

The other customers complained, and two restaurant employees, a male and a female, tried to get Martin and Ryannic to leave.

The arrest report says Martin shoved the female employee into a wall before walking the suspects out of the restaurant.

Once outside, deputies say Martin attacked the female employee, punching her in the back of the head.

The male employee jumped in and dragged Martin off the female employee. He took Martin's keys as the female employee called 911, deputies say.

That's when Martin allegedly pulled a knife and demanded the keys back. She allegedly charged the man, telling him she was going to stab him.

Deputies say the man backed off, so Martin put the knife away and attacked the female employee again.

Martin is charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Battery. Rayannic is charged with Disorderly Conduct.

OK, I'm not having a good day at the office, but at least I didn't get turned down when offering to show my boobs in a family restaurant.  I mean, there's feeling low, there's depression, then there's 30 feet of crap, then there is how these two broads must feel.  I would literally pay them to not show their boobs. That's just something you can't unsee.  Look at these hot messes:

-Big Ran

They See Me Hoppin' They Hatin'

One-legged suspect attempts to elude police

Jacsonville.com - Police received a tip that a black GMC SUV was carrying narcotics near Ken Knight Drive on Jacksonville's Northwest side Tuesday afternoon.

When officers pulled behind a vehicle matching that description, Ariosto Wyman, 27, got out of the passenger side and "began to hop down the sidewalk away from [police]," according to the arrest report from the Jacksonville Sheriff's office. 

Wyman is missing his right leg below the knee.

When officers called to him, he came back. 

Officers searched him and found a bag of marijuana, as well as a digital scale with cocaine residue on it located on the floor board next to Wyman's shoe.

As Wyman was searched at the Duval County jail police discovered a bag with 120 grams of cocaine concealed in his body.

This just made me laugh, mostly because I thought of Snoop in Training Day, gave me the chance to post his latest picture, and because it, as everything else strange, happened in Florida.

-Big Ran

Well, If It's Gonna Be That Kind of Party...

Charter school accused of becoming adult club at night in Miami-Dade

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY— By day, the Balare Language Academy is an A-rated charter school, home to children in kindergarten through middle school.


But when the kids are tucked into bed, Balare apparently becomes a playground of a different kind.


Party fliers, printed and on the Web, indicate that the campus at 10875 Quail Roost Dr. has been hosting raunchy, booze-soaked bashes into the wee hours. One flier for an upcoming party features a voluptuous, scantily clad woman posing with champagne bottles. Another shows a woman in a string bikini bending over suggestively and a man with flashy jewelry sitting on a stack of currency in front of a gold sports car.


Asked if the school was hosting any parties, founder and principal Rocka Malik responded: "Not that I'm aware of."


School attorney Marlon Hill said Balare is investigating.


"The school takes this type of allegation very seriously and with the highest priority," he said, adding that it sublets the space to two churches on the weekends.


Parents at the school were the first to sound the alarm this week.


The school district received complaints from parents who wondered why there were empty beer bottles at their child's school. They also complained about a lingering smell of smoke — and those provocative party promotions advertising Push it to Da Limit Pt-1: The Flossin Edition this coming Saturday.


On Thursday, the district sent the Language Academy a sternly worded letter reminding operators that the property is zoned to be a school and not a nightclub.


The complaint specifically called attention to the fliers.


"All advertisements include the promotion of alcoholic beverages in addition to inappropriate images for school-age children," Deputy Superintendent Freddie Woodson wrote.


There's little the district can do. Charter schools are funded by taxpayer dollars, but run by private or nonprofit boards independent of the school district.


Under state law, the district can close a charter school only if the school is in financial distress or has received a series of failing grades from the state Department of Education.


Balare, which boasts a bilingual curriculum, did receive a failing grade in 2010, and was threatened with closure at that time. When the F turned into an A this past summer, the school got a reprieve.


Malik said people must be using the school's address in their advertisements but planning to hold the parties somewhere else.


If so, they've done it before.


The school district found advertisements for two other parties at the address that took place over the summer: the Elegant Birthday Bash and the Skinny B'Day Celebration.


Photos of both events were posted on Facebook and show hundreds of partygoers dancing in a large space and pouring alcohol in a cramped kitchen. The virtual photo albums say the events took place at 10875 Quail Roost Dr.


Calls to the party promoter — Outlaw Skinny Promotions, which lists its address on Facebook at 10875 Quail Roost Dr. — were not returned.


Hill, the school's attorney, said Balare had already delegated staff to investigate claims that the school is doubling as a party palace at night.


He said staff plans to visit the school over the weekend "to assess whether any unapproved activities are indeed taking place without the knowledge and notice of the school."


Of course the staff plans on visiting the school of the weekend.  If "Push It To Da Limit:  The Flossin Edition" was coming to my office, you bet your ass I am there.  Don't forget about the fact that it is hosted by Jiggy Dre.  Let me into this party and let me in yesterday!


How about the Principals response, "Not that I am aware of."  That's like being in a Congressional hearing and responding, "I do not recall, senator" to every incriminating question.  You know what I think?  I think the principal is Jiggy Dre, possibly Carib Flexx.



-Big Ran

KC Jones Comments: This is an unbelievably awesome article. Could you even IMAGINE something like this going on? And yes, Big Ran is right about the principal's response being equivalent to "I do not recall, senator"....and now I'm having flashbacks to the Clinton/Lewinsky debacle ("It depends on what your definition of 'is', 'is').... Good find Big Ran, good find! And, what is wrong with the school hosting raunchy, booze-soaked bashes into the wee hours as long as it's not during school hours? God, with the right cover charges err'body up in the school during the week could be sporting new IPads.  If that happens, I bet no one will be complaining when "Soul Train: The Dirty Version" resumes each Friday night....Budget problems resolved!

Ironic DUI of the Day

Rapper Flo Rida arrested in Miami Beach on DUI charge

Sun Sentinal - The South Florida rap artist and entertainer who goes by the name of Flo Rida was arrested early Thursday in Miami Beach on a drunk driving charge, according to Miami-Dade jail records.

The 31-year-old singer whose real name is Tramar Dillard, of Miami Gardens, was arrested onSouth Beach about 4 a.m. on charges of DUI and driving with a suspended license. Bond for each charge was tentatively set at $1,000 according to the records.


The entertainer was driving onSouth Beach in a 2008 Bugatti, worth more than $1M, when he was stopped by Miami Beach police about 3:30 a.m., the entertainment site TMZ reported.


Quoting from a police report, TMZ also reported that bystanders attempted to get the officers to let Dillard go and some offered to give the entertainer a ride home.


Dillard's blood alcohol limit was found to be .185, more than twice Florida's legal limit, the report said.


DUI Day at The Takeover, huh?  The ironic part is Flo RIda getting arrested in Florida, just in case nobody got that.  


I bet Flo Rida wishes his BAC had been low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low.  Hah.  Too easy.



More like Flo Rida couldn't handle the club, or more accurately, the alcohol.



On a somewhat unrelated note, a couple of years ago, I met my wife and some of her coworkers out at a bar.  I introduced myself to one guy and he was a total dick.  Just like he couldn't be bothered to spend time talking to me.  Whatever bro, screw.  Anyway, they had karoke at this bar, and this dude goes up and just absolutely crushes Flo Rida's "Low."  I mean he just nails it.  I didn't want to admit it, but this a-hole was money on that song.  That's all I really have for this story because the guy was a major douche and I wan't going to tell him how awesome that was, but who knows, maybe he just had his game face on and was focused on nailing "Low."

-Big Ran