Florida state law gives media unfettered access to police records. The legend of "florida man" is selection bias.
I am a man in florida, i don't classify myself as wierd.
http://www.people.com/article/florida-man-charged-dui-motorized-wheelchairhttp://www.bizpacreview.com/2015/10/17/florida-man-with-warrant-accidentally-calls-police-on-himself-264957http://turnto10.com/news/offbeat/florida-man-arrested-for-videotaping-himself-having-love-with-a-puppyhttp://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/florida-man-hit-dogs-sledgehammer-police-article-1.2399676http://www.newsweek.com/florida-man-sentenced-885-years-prison-child-research-charges-382681http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/crime/2015/10/13/florida-man-and-goateed-wife-arrested-elder-abuse/73902144/All of these are from the past 5 days.
As a Floridian, I can confirm that weird stuff generally happens every couple of minutes.