Dangerous Florida scorpion found in our bananas 

An apple a day will keep the doctor away, but a banana a day might bring you scorpions. 

A couple from England was shocked to discover a?scorpion?native to Florida hiding in a bunch of?bananas?purchased from a local grocery store. While the boyfriend and girlfriend said they initially thought the animal was dead, they realized it was alive when it started to scurry across their bedroom floor. 

 

Matt Fry and his girlfriend, Monika Vasyl, were unpacking their groceries when they discovered the scorpion,?The Sun?reported. Fry said he was able to trap it in a jar before anyone was hurt. 

 

“I realized it was a scorpion straight away and was a bit freaked out but it wasn’t moving at first, so I figured maybe it had died,” Fry told The Sun. “Monika really didn’t like it so I put it in a jar and made a bit of a home for it in the spare bedroom and gave it some food just in case. I even named it Simon the Scorpion and was planning on keeping it until it got out and shot across the floor. I decided I didn’t want it as a pet after that.” 

They said they eventually learned the animal was a Florida bark scorpion, which has a sting. 

 

Her Boyfriend Still Had Hamburger in His Ear
Meanwhile down in Largo, Florida, police arrested 47-year-old Tanya Cordero following a confrontation with her boyfriend in a mobile home owned by the man’s mother. Cordero and the 39-year-old victim have “four children in common,” according to an arrest affidavit, though a grandmother has full custody of the couple’s offspring. Apparently the boyfriend closed a window in Cordero’s room so she let him know she did not want the window close by allegedly “smashing a hamburger in his face.” According to the police, when questioned Cordero “denied doing so, but [her boyfriend] still had hamburger in his ear upon arrival.” Reportedly Cordero also “made a comment that she hoped he choked on the burger.” Charged with domestic battery, a misdemeanor, Cordero was later released from the county jail on her own recognizance. A judge has ordered her to have no contact with the victim. Her rap sheet includes convictions for theft, narcotics possession, and providing a false name to police. In January, she was convicted of battering her boyfriend during an October 2019 argument about one of their children’s Halloween costume. She served three months in jail on the battery conviction.?(The Smoking Gun)