Different US states have different laws regarding how much law enforcement can disclose in the way of gritty details about crime.
49 states are pretty conservative about it but a liberal stand-out is Florida —they can legally squeel all kinds of details.
So it always seems as if all perps in Florida are totally nuts.
Were California to adopt such laws...?
(shudder)
OR MAYBE there is more white trash in Florida than there is trash at the top of Mount Everest! :)