0The Year’s Craziest State: Florida, Of Course (Photos)From face eating to roach choking to voter purges, Florida delivered this year on the outrageous and the tragic. Here's a look back at the Sunshine State's most shocking moments of 2012.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 3:39AM EDT / Published Dec. 26, 2012 4:45AM EST Getty; AP; Monroe County Sheriff’s Sgt. Evan Calhoun; Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Getty; AP; Monroe County SheriffâÂÂs Sgt. Evan Calhoun; Pinellas County Sheriff's Office The Murder of Trayvon Martin Mario Tama/Getty; Pool photo by Gary W. Green; Martin Family Photos/AP The Miami Face-Eating Attack AP Even More Voting InsanityJ Pat Carter/AP Manatee-Riding Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Snakes Take OverMonroe County SheriffÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs Sgt. Evan Calhoun Gov. Rick Scott Gives Out Phone Sex Number Mark Wilson/Getty The Return of Casey Anthony Pool photo by Red Huber Man Dies After Winning Roach-Eating ContestKevin Dyer/Getty Petraeus Scandal Erupts Out of TampaAmy Scherzer/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMAPRESS.com, via Corbis Jordan Davis: Another Trayvon?Jacksonville Sheriff's Office/AP Cristian Fernandez: The Alleged Preteen MurdererBob Self/The Florida Times-Union, via AP
Getty; AP; Monroe County SheriffâÂÂs Sgt. Evan Calhoun; Pinellas County Sheriff's Office The Murder of Trayvon Martin Mario Tama/Getty; Pool photo by Gary W. Green; Martin Family Photos/AP The Miami Face-Eating Attack AP Even More Voting InsanityJ Pat Carter/AP Manatee-Riding Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Snakes Take OverMonroe County SheriffÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs Sgt. Evan Calhoun Gov. Rick Scott Gives Out Phone Sex Number Mark Wilson/Getty The Return of Casey Anthony Pool photo by Red Huber Man Dies After Winning Roach-Eating ContestKevin Dyer/Getty Petraeus Scandal Erupts Out of TampaAmy Scherzer/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMAPRESS.com, via Corbis Jordan Davis: Another Trayvon?Jacksonville Sheriff's Office/AP Cristian Fernandez: The Alleged Preteen MurdererBob Self/The Florida Times-Union, via AP