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Officers Conducting Search Warrant Run Into Alligator
WCVB ^ | Jun 23, 2017

Posted on 06/23/2017 12:27:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Police executing a search warrant at a Rhode Island business ran into an unexpected guest - a five-foot alligator named "Gucci."

Officers had been executing a search-and-seizure warrant June 8 at Richmond smoke shop Pass the Glass when they discovered the animal on the second floor.

Richmond Police Chief Elwood Johnson tells the Westerly Sun the alligator lunged and hissed at officers, however it was contained in a tank topped with a weighted metal grate.

(Excerpt) Read more at wcvb.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: alligator; onlyinflorohwait; onlyinrhodeisland

1 posted on 06/23/2017 12:27:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

In Rhode Island? What a croc......................


2 posted on 06/23/2017 12:30:34 PM PDT by Red Badger (Unless you eat The Bread of Life, you are toast!.......................)
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To: nickcarraway
"Gucci"? I wonder how many of the LEOs wanted to rename it "Loafers"?

Or "Belt". Or "Holster".

3 posted on 06/23/2017 12:33:39 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: nickcarraway

Gator on the grill for the ‘Possum Police.


4 posted on 06/23/2017 12:39:49 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: nickcarraway

Place a call to Amos Moses


5 posted on 06/23/2017 12:41:57 PM PDT by gdani (Everyone is a snowflake these days)
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To: Red Badger; Daffynition
the alligator lunged and hissed at officers, however it was contained in a tank top...

I stopped reading right there.

6 posted on 06/23/2017 12:45:04 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: Ezekiel

alligaytor?


7 posted on 06/23/2017 12:49:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Ezekiel

Why it was wearing a tank top I'll never know......................

8 posted on 06/23/2017 12:57:22 PM PDT by Red Badger (Unless you eat The Bread of Life, you are toast!.......................)
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To: Calvin Locke
Boots..............
9 posted on 06/23/2017 12:59:08 PM PDT by Red Badger (Unless you eat The Bread of Life, you are toast!.......................)
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To: nickcarraway

Is this the promo for a new TV series: Providence Vice?? Crockett and Tubbs moving to New England??


10 posted on 06/23/2017 1:15:40 PM PDT by Mouton (The MSM is a clear and present danger to the republic.)
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To: Red Badger

Used to be, any respectable gator would be dressed with a collar and cufflinks.

11 posted on 06/23/2017 1:43:59 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: Ezekiel

You couldn’t put that cartoon on nowadays........................


12 posted on 06/23/2017 1:48:44 PM PDT by Red Badger (Unless you eat The Bread of Life, you are toast!.......................)
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