If you looked closely at other states in the country, there is no shortage of bizarre/dumbass crimes outside of Florida.
It's just easier for news outlets to go with another piece of low hanging "only in Florida" fruit than to point out the same types of stuff happening in every other state. Same goes for close elections/recounts, with the tossed out undervotes and the rest of it.
Which isn't to say a lot of fucked up shit doesn't happen here in Florida.