Suspected Burglar Killed By Alligator While Hiding From Police In A Pond

Yahoo! News ^ | December 8, 2015

[grundle]

A suspected burglar has been killed by an alligator while hiding out in a pond.

The body of Matthew Riggins, 22, was found in water in Barefoot Bay in Florida ten days after he was reported missing.

Police said Riggins was attacked by an 11-foot long alligator while he was hiding out after a series of planned break-ins.

Before he was reported missing, Riggins called his girlfriend to tell her he would be in the area breaking into homes.

[Flick Lives]

Before he was reported missing, Riggins called his girlfriend to tell her he would be in the area breaking into homes.

"Hi Honey. Busy day. Got 5 break-ins scheduled. Might be late for dinner. Don't wait up."

[csvset]

Before he was reported missing, Riggins called his girlfriend to tell her he would be in the area breaking into homes.

The search was called off but Riggins was reported missing by his family the next day.

Officer, my boy went off to rob, plunder and steal and he hasn't come back.

Shame they killed the gator. No good deed goes unpunished.

[Afterguard]

McGator says: “Help take a bite outa crime”

[equaviator]

“We’ve got a pool and a pond...The pond would be good for you.”

-Ty Webb
Senior Member
Bushwood Country Club

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Improving the gene pool.

[katana]

Hopefully balloting hasn’t been closed yet for the 2015 Darwin Awards.

[sagar]

Aspiring handyman just turning his life around?

[wally_bert]

Good gator. Make it the police chief.

[Cyman]

Sounds like a subplot from a Joseph Wambaugh book

[csvset]

Elmore Leonard would be another.

[ETL]

“When a police dive team located Riggins’ body, they also came across the alligator, which was euthanised.

Some of Riggins’ remains were found inside the animal’s stomach.”

http://news.yahoo.com/suspected-burglar-killed-by-alligator-while-hiding-104133932.html

[refermech]

Maybe he was shot, then thrown into the pond. I wonder how much of him was left to identify?

[Verginius Rufus]

...or a Carl Hiaasen novel.

[Jack Hammer]

After all the fuss and tragedy in the newss, it’s nice to read one piece, at least, with a happy ending.

[bert]

The rule is do not enter gator waters.

had he hidden out on the land he would be alive

[Mouton]

Guess he never heard the term Gator Bait!

[EternalVigilance]

I refuse to live anywhere that alligators live in the pond. Even alligators that eat burglars.

[Afterguard]

That was my first thought, too. Or a Tim Dorsey “Serge Storms” plot.

[Jeff Chandler]

Watch out for them gators!

[Afterguard]

Not necessarily. Gators can run about 30 MPH for a short distance to latch onto a good meal.