Florida Man Arrested While Attempting to Cash $368 BILLION Check to Open Underwater Restaurant

Florida resident Jeff Waters was running a few errands yesterday when he unexpectedly found himself in police custody. His plan was simple:

Gather up his usual accessories (bath salts, ninja throwing stars) and stroll down to the bank to cash a $ 368 billion check so that he could finally realize his dream of opening up the world's largest underwater Italian restaurant.

Sounds like a typical Thursday to us. Unfortunately, the police had other plans for Mr. Waters.

Maybe it was the absurd sum scribbled on the check, or maybe it was the fact that Waters was "visibly high," but for whatever reason, bank tellers became suspicious of the simple transaction, and they alerted the local police.

Cops arrested Waters on the spot and after relieving him of his salts and stars, they took a statement from the would-be eatery tycoon that's pure, uncut Florida:

"It's always been my dream to open the best Italian restaurant in the earth," Waters told police. "I had planned to make the restaurant 80 million square feet and able to accommodate 30 million eaters at once.

"Plus, it was gonna be totally underwater so people could look at sharks while they ate. But the bank wouldn't give me my money they owed me."

Thanks a lot, bank! You've denied us all the eating experience of a lifetime!

Waters said he purchased the blank check from a homeless man who assured him that he could fill it out for any amount he wished.

Just goes to show that sometimes when you're engaging in business transactions with homeless people while high on bath salts, you tend to make bad decisions.

Is this story as good as the one about the Florida couple selling "golden tickets" to heaven? Or the one about the Florida man who had sex with a tree then attacked a cop with his own badge?

Tough to say. The only thing we know for sure is that we're eternally thankful to the great state of Florida for its endless parade of amusing, flakka-fueled news items:

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Bruce Jenner: Sued For Wrongful Death By Family of Car Crash Victim

Back in February, Bruce Jenner was involved in a car crash that claimed the life of 69-year-old Kim Howe.

Now, TMZ is reporting that Howe's stepchildren have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Jenner for allegedly engaging in "careless and negligent" actions that led to the accident.

Sources say video of the accident shows that Jenner is solely to blame for the crash and while the amount of the suit has not been revealed, it's expected to be in the eight-figure range.

Howe's unnamed adult stepchildren reportedly had no relationship with her, and thus, it may be difficult for them to prove that they suffered financial damages as a result of her death.

There are conflicting accounts of the accident, and witnesses have been unable to agree on whether Jenner was speeding or not, but considering his fame and the fact that his car slammed into Howe's and caused her to careen into oncoming traffic, it's not surprising that he's the one who has been singled out by Howe's family.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is still investigating the crash, but it's unlikely that they'll uncover any evidence that fully exonerates Bruce.

As such, it's likely that Jenner will simply settle out of court in the interest of keeping the incident out of the headlines.

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Adrien Broner -- Cuffed in Vegas for Fashion Felony (VIDEO)

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Boxing champ Adrien Broner was handcuffed and detained by cops in Las Vegas Thursday night, but not arrested … and his people say it’s all because an “a**hole security guard” didn’t like the way he was dressed.

People in Adrien’s camp tell TMZ Sports … the 3-time world champ and 7 members of his posse went to Tao nightclub in the Venetian and plunked down $ 11k for a table. They say the host took the money and let them in, so they took the escalator up to the club and then things went south.

They say a security guard stopped them and said they had to leave because they weren’t dressed properly, claiming their jeans and shoes were a deal breaker. Adrien got pissed and said it was hip-hop night and Fabolous was performing, so they were not only dressed appropriately but others were wearing the same thing.

The guard wasn’t moved and ordered them to leave. Adrien refused so the guard called the cops.

Police came, cuffed Adrien and took him to a room. His people say police held the boxer for 20 minutes, let him go and then Adrien and his crew left the hotel.

Check out the video … you hear Adrien say, “They’re mad ’cause I’m rich” … something that seems to be a theme when Broner meets cops.

Broner was arrested in Ohio back in January for DUI. The boxer humblebragged to the arresting officer he was “blessed” because he made more than $ 100 million in his career. He pled not guilty and the case is pending.

So far no comment from Tao.

See also

• Yung Joc — Arrested in Atlanta After Feeling the Need for Speed


• Justin Bieber — Triggers International Incident


• Three 6 Mafia's Crunchy Black — Pleads Guilty in Meth Mix-Up

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Courtney Stodden Sex Tape: Will it Start a New, Self-Pleasuring Wave?!

Just when we felt the celebrity sex tape well had at last run dry, along came (see what we did there?!) Courtney Stodden’s self-pleasing effort.

NOTE: We never really believed it had run dry, but it's been awhile since we saw one of these ... and really, it's about time, are we right pervs?!

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Granted, no one has even seen the Courtney Stodden sex tape save for Vivid CEO Steve Hirsch, and he doesn't even have the rights. Yet.

You best believe dude is working overtime to lock that down ASAP.

Hirsch told Fox News that the Stodden solo performance “came to us from a third party” and it's unclear “if the third party knows Courtney or not.”

“I have not been in contact with Courtney but I hope to be ... I have not spoken to her momager or her husband or anyone connected to Courtney.”

The incomparable Courtney Stodden, 20, is managed by her mom.

She is engaged to Doug Hutchison, 54, having married the actor at age 16 in 2011 and divorced him two years later, only to reconcile last summer.

It remains to be seen if her sex tape will see the light of day, but it seems likely, given that this is Courtney Stodden we're talking about up in here.

It also remains to be seen if this signals the end of "leaked" Farrah Abraham sex tape-style porn and the advent of wave of one-person sex videos.

Despite rumors of a Kourtney Kardashian sex tape floating around, the era of private footage hitting the web scandalously is all but extinct.

These days, it's all about raw, deliberate, shameless exhibitionism.

Hirsch said he's “going to move forward and try to distribute” the video, and if he does, you can expect a host of other celebs following in her footsteps.

Desperate, X-rated footsteps ... but still. Intriguing.

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