CHRIS NOCCO

A woman was shot and killed by a masked gunman inside a Florida home shortly after midnight on Tuesday in what authorities say was a "targeted hit."

It’s pretty clean, pretty quick.”The Sunshine State has become internationally notorious for the oddball miscreants who populate its police blotters and local news reports — known collectively as Florida Man. Florida Man, meet Florida Sheriff. All but one of Florida’s 67 counties have an elected sheriff, and they wield enormous influence in part because they’re often the only countywide elected official. “Save the taxpayers’ money.”On the Atlantic Coast, near Cape Canaveral, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey makes a game of crime — literally. Over in central Florida is, perhaps, the highest-profile enemy of Florida Man (and Florida Woman).

When a naked man in southwestern Florida recently raised a ruckus outside his house and threatened a deputy with a kitchen knife, the SWAT team swooped in and apprehended him. The Sunshine State has become internationally notorious for the oddball miscreants who populate its police blotters and local news reports — known collectively as Florida Man. There are murders and mayhem, like anyplace else, and then there are the only-in-Florida incidents like the man charged with assault with a deadly weapon for throwing an alligator through a Wendy’s drive-thru window in Palm Beach County in 2015. Florida Man, meet Florida Sheriff.

A Florida sheriff’s office has turned off public comments on its social media posts because too many people are reporting crimes there rather than calling 911 or submitting tips through the agency’s website.

The agency has some 300,000 followers on Facebook and about 131,000 on Twitter, in a county with 583,000 residents. In a Facebook post on Monday, Sheriff Chris Nocco said they will no longer allow public comment out of fear that the agency could miss “life-or-death" information. "Social media was not designed for that purpose," Sheriff Chris Nocco said the in the post. These posts drew overwhelming comments from people reporting crimes and leaving tips in social media threads. The sheriff also noted the “unfortunate growth in negative and hurtful comments, especially directed to runaways."

Sheriff's officials say a woman killed her two young sons before fatally shooting herself after an argument with the children’s father.

Detectives used tattoos to identify Kathleen Moore, who was last seen out with friends in late November.

Collin Knapp, 30, was arrested after tests showed blood on his clothing linked to 34-year-old Kathleen Moore, the sheriff said.

A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the case of a missing Florida woman who disappeared a week ago.

A Florida sheriff is sending letters to people with criminal histories offering help to get on a better path.

A man is arrested in connection with an Amber Alert in Florida.

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 11-year-old girl from Pasco County.

Florida deputies shot and wounded a 79-year-old man at a gas station Saturday after they said he made threats about killing others, according to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. Florida deputies shot and wounded a 79-year-old man at a gas station Saturday after they said he made threats about killing others, according to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. It shows Zambrotto in his car, refusing to get out. It also shows the suspect ramming into a patrol car, as well as the moment the suspect fired at deputies and deputies returned fire. Deputies surrounded the car as they tried to talk the man down, trying to break the front two windows of the car.

HUDSON, Fla. - Authorities say a Florida teen offered $100,000 for someone to kill a staff member at his high school. Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco announced during a news conference Friday that deputies arrested 18-year-old Nicholas Godfrey and charged him with solicitation to attempt murder. Investigators say Godfrey offered the money to another student to kill a Fivay High School staff member. Deputies say Godfrey made the request through Instagram, and authorities were able to trace to account to Godfrey's home. The arresting deputy says Godfrey admitted to sending the messages but claimed he was joking.

George Frey/Getty ImagesWESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - Officials say they've fired a Florida deputy several months after his gun accidentally discharged in a middle school cafeteria. Jonathan Cross had been terminated for conduct unbecoming a deputy and for mishandling his service weapon. Cross was working as a school resource officer at Weightman Middle School in Wesley Chapel. An investigation determined that he had been repeatedly removing and replacing his service pistol from its holster on April 30 when the gun fired, striking a wall. Nocco says Cross acknowledged during the investigation that he had a habit of fidgeting with his gun.