Number 10 Lawrence Sullivan
In 2018, a Florida man who emulated the Joker, Batman’s arch nemesis, was arrested
on gun possession charges. 30-year-old Lawrence Sullivan dyed his hair green and tattooed his face
to resemble that of the fictional villain. His ink included blackened eyes, a tattoo of the villain’s
trademark scarred smile and numerous dark streaks across his face. Judging by the man’s appearance,
he seemed to have taken inspiration from the Joker depiction in “The Dark Knight” movie. Sullivan’s
extensive facial artwork gained Internet attention after his latest mug shot was released.
Miami-Dade County officers had arrested him for a concealed-carry firearm offense
but in the past he’d been arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at passing cars.
Sullivan claimed that, because of his tattoos, he was treated like a celebrity while he was in jail.
When asked about his behavior, the man’s family claimed he suffered from mental health issues.
Number 9 Timothy Kepke & Noah Osborne In 2019, two Florida men were detained
by the authorities after they’d allegedly tried to get an alligator drunk. 22-year-old Noah Osborne
found the reptile on the side of the road, in Palm City, and captured it with his bare hands.
Osborne’s friend, 27-year-old Timothy Kepke, was bitten by the alligator on the forearm as he tried
to pour beer down its throat. The size of the alligator and the extent of the injury remained
unspecified. On October the 3rd, the authorities arrested the men after they found a video of
the incident online. Both men admitted their wrongdoing and were charged with unlawfully
taking an alligator. The same day of their arrest, they posted bail, which stood at $5,000 for Kepke
and $2,500 for Osborne. A woman, who was present as the pair tried to get the alligator drunk,
claimed that the animal had bitten Kepke in response to his hostility.
Number 8 Malachi Love-Robinson
In 2016, a Florida teenager was arrested for pretending to be a doctor and running
an illegal medical practice. 18-year-old Malachi Love-Robinson had his own office and would greet
patients in a lab coat, with a stethoscope around his neck. He had a website for the fake practice,
which he named “The New Birth New Life Medical Center”, where he listed himself as founder and
CEO while pretending to be 25 years old. Aside from the typical fees that Love-Robinson charged,
it later emerged that he’d stolen $35,000 from an elderly patient. His operation was brought
down by the authorities after an undercover agent posed as a patient, complaining of sore throat,
sneezing and lethargy. The fraudulent doctor took her temperature and listened to her lungs
before diagnosing the woman with allergies and recommending over-the-counter medicine.
Love-Robinson was arrested and jailed for over 3 years, after pleading guilty to grand theft and
practicing medicine without a license. Number 7 Efthimios Michael Zachary Mikedis
In January of 2020, Efthimios Michael Zachary Mikedis was arrested for drugging,
kidnapping and severely beating a woman. The victim, whose identity wasn’t disclosed, claimed
that Mikedis had offered her a ride from Orange County to her aunt’s home, in Marion County.
The woman refused to get into the car with him and described Mikedis as someone you’re
“instantly scared of”. The man was covered in tattoos, from his face to his body, and had a gun
tucked in his waistband. Mikedis forced the woman into the car then poured a substance
down her throat, which made her hallucinate. He then drove her to a property and transferred her
to a campervan. It was there that Mikedis and an accomplice took turns battering the woman. As the
victim regained consciousness and tried to call an Uber, she was given another unknown substance.
Mikedis then punched the woman and burned her hair with a cigarette, after holding a pair of
scissors to her throat. The victim was forced out of the car at a Winn-Dixie parking lot,
after which she contacted the authorities. Number 6 John Michael Haskew
In 2017, a man who tried to steal roughly $7 billion cited a higher power as justification
for his crimes. John Michael Haskew of Lakeland, Florida, owed the government considerable amounts
of money and saw a window of opportunity with a bank, which was only identified as a “nationally
renowned financial institution”. He used a bank routing number which wasn’t his to schedule
more than 70 transactions, worth several billions, between December the 9th and 10th. He would later
claim that he’d learned how to make the fraudulent transactions through experimentation. The
exorbitant sum attracted attention and it wasn’t long before Haskew was arrested, facing up to five
years in prison. According to court documents, he claimed that Jesus Christ had created wealth
for everyone. Through his attempted scheme, Haskew said that he wanted to get the wealth that he felt
belonged to him, as Jesus had intended. Number 5 Rocco Mantella
In April of 2018, a Florida man was charged with animal cruelty
after several witnesses reported they’d seen him practicing karate on swans. In Orlando’s Lake
Eola Park, 34-year-old Rocco Mantella was spotted kicking swans in the head at full force. He’d also
reportedly struck a sleeping duck. One witness told investigators that the man started laughing
when he saw her reaction as he was chasing a swan. While none were critically hurt,
several animals fell over as Mantella hit them in what was reported as a disturbing
form of martial arts training. Mantella was arrested and remained in the Orange County
Jail, with a bond set at $1,000. Number 4 Michael Joseph Oleksik
In November of 2017, a man was arrested and charged with criminal mischief after he repeatedly
struck an ATM, in Cocoa, Florida. According to reports from the authorities, 23-year-old Michael
Joseph Oleksik started hitting the machine’s touch screen because of a cash overflow error.
Shortly after pummeling the ATM, Oleksik called the bank and told them he’d punched the machine
because he got angry it had given him too much money and didn’t know what else to do.
He apologized for his actions but the bank called the police department, asking to press charges.
When questioned by the authorities, Oleksik added that he’d taken out his frustration on
the ATM because he was in a rush to get to work. The damage he’d caused was in excess of $5,000.
Number 3 Justin Anthony Garcia In late September of 2020, Justin Anthony Garcia
was arrested after he slashed his cousin with a knife following a heated argument regarding milk.
According to the arresting officers, the root cause of their altercation, which took place at
a home in Lee County, had been whether whole milk or almond milk was better. The debate escalated to
physical violence and 30-year-old Garcia punched his cousin in the forehead. The victim tried to
swing back, but missed. Afterwards, Garcia chased the man through the front yard and, upon reaching
him, slashed him on the torso with his pocket knife. The attacker was arrested and charged with
aggravated battery while the victim recovered from what was deemed as a non-life-threatening injury.
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Number 2 Robert Hardister In recent years, a Florida man has become viral
on social media due to his collection of mug shots which show a drastic progression of the tattoos on
his face. Robert Hardister, a serial offender in his late 20s, has been dubbed by the media
as “Tattoo Face”. Hardister was first arrested in 2009, at which point he was 18 years old and had
yet to get any tattoos on his face. In the years that followed Hardister would be arrested at least
8 more times, mostly on vehicle theft charges. His collection of face tattoos started with some
small neck tattoos and a teardrop below his right eye. In 2017, Hardister was arrested once more,
as he was found sitting in a stolen Chrysler. He told the officers that he was a drug trafficker
who’d accepted the vehicle as collateral in a methamphetamine deal. By his 2017 mug shot,
Hardister’s face had become an amalgam of tattoos. They included a skeleton-like design on his mouth,
walled graffiti on his neck, dark splotches on his nose, forehead and chin as well as
many other designs. A tattoo artist commented on Hardister’s ink and expressed confusion,
claiming “He’s got a lot of everything”. Number 1 Rudy Eugene
On May the 26th of 2012, one of the most horrific attacks in recent memory took place
in Miami, Florida. After driving to the beach in the morning, 31-year-old Rudy Eugene
abandoned his Chevrolet Caprice and gradually discarded all of his clothes. Inside the vehicle,
the police would find a Bible and five empty water bottles which appeared to have recently
been consumed. Eugene then encountered 65-year-old homeless man Ronald Poppo, whom he’d briefly met
before while doing charity work. The two engaged in a conversation about how they were going to die
and Eugene accused Poppo of stealing his Bible. He started strangling him with wrestling holds and
viciously beating him. Eugene then voraciously began to chew the man’s face off. After an
excruciating 18 minutes of what would later be known as the Miami cannibal attack,
Poppo’s life was saved by a police officer named Jose Ramirez. He arrived at the scene and began
warning Eugene but the attacker growled at him and continued eating Poppo’s face. The gruesome
onslaught only ceased after Ramirez shot him five times. Poppo survived but lost over 75% of
his face above the beard, becoming permanently blind and disfigured. While preliminary tests
only detected cannabis in Eugene’s system, the results were deemed inconclusive, with several
experts believing the attack to be consistent with psychotic episodes induced by bath salts. Eugene
also had a history of violence and mental illness, which could’ve also contributed to the attack.
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