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Suspected Burglar Killed By Alligator While Hiding From Police In A Pond
Yahoo! News ^ | December 8, 2015

Posted on 12/08/2015 5:11:48 AM PST by 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.

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To: seekthetruth; Wilhelm Tell; BlueYonder; thingumbob; amzgirl; 75thOVI; Ravenstar; June2; ...
Brevard County, Florida ping.

Let me know if you want on or off this ping list.
(not associated with the county government)


41 posted on 12/08/2015 5:43:26 AM PST by NonValueAdded (In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act)
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To: grobdriver
That's what you call, "Justice".

Cosmic Justice.

42 posted on 12/08/2015 5:44:23 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (I shot Schroedinger's cat with Chekhov's gun.)
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To: reg45
take a bite out of crime
43 posted on 12/08/2015 5:44:24 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: grundle

I hope the poor alligator didn’t get indigestion.


44 posted on 12/08/2015 5:45:51 AM PST by libstripper
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To: grundle
Need some music.

TONY JOE WHITE-"POLK SALAD ANNIE"

Gators got your granny, chomp, chomp

45 posted on 12/08/2015 5:48:00 AM PST by csvset ( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: reg45
"Riggins body was found in the lake 10 days later. As deputies tried to pull his body from the water, they encountered the aggressive 3.4 metre-long alligator.

After the alligator was euthanized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, forensic investigators found the burglary suspect's hand and foot inside the reptile's stomach, officials said.

It was determined that Riggins drowned as a result of the attack by the alligator.

'He hid in the wrong place,' Laura Farris, a Barefoot Bay resident told Bay News 9."

http://www.news.com.au/world/suspected-burglar-hiding-from-police-near-a-lake-taken-by-alligator/news-story/c916a94aee047b6cfa1a0af3fb2c7c03

46 posted on 12/08/2015 5:49:34 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: reg45
Alligator Helps St. Lucie Cops Take Bite Out of Crime

By Space Coast Daily
May 18, 2014

Alleged car theft suspect, Calvin Rodriguez, was arrested this week in Port St. Lucie thanks in part to an alligator.

The Port St. Lucie Police Department got an unexpected assist from a Port St. Lucie reptile resident last week as police apprehended suspected car thief Calvin Rodriguez.

Suspect hit alligator crossing the road

PORT ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA - The Port St. Lucie Police Department got an unexpected assist from a Port St. Lucie reptile resident last week as police apprehended suspected car thief Calvin Rodriguez.

"It's pretty unimaginable that police officers would be at that point in time looking for these suspects and that an alligator unfortunately just happens to cross the road and assist us in catching these criminals," said Det. Keith Boham.

According to the police report, Rodriguez is responsible for stealing at least five cars which were parked in area supermarket parking lots.

The police also said, Rodriguez was using 'shaved keys' which could open car doors and start Acura and Honda vehicles.

Rodriguez is facing five counts of Grand Theft Auto. The alligators condition is unknown at this time.

http://spacecoastdaily.com/2014/05/alligator-helps-st-lucie-cops-take-bite-out-of-crime/

47 posted on 12/08/2015 5:59:32 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: grobdriver

Justice for a thief in the Old Testament was not death or cutting off your hand. People tend to get so mad they go overboard in what is just. An eye for an eye is usually enough.

The point about people being “extreme” is also in the Old Testament. When God brings judgment in the last days, those who do it are extreme and that makes God mad, too, so they are obliterated. Pretty deep subject actually.


48 posted on 12/08/2015 6:00:09 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: grundle
Suspected Burglar Killed By Alligator While Hiding From Police In A Pond

Yes, but the important question is: Does this qualify him to be a candidate for the Darwin Award?

49 posted on 12/08/2015 6:00:15 AM PST by 21st Century Crusader (August 26, 1191)
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To: mkjessup
Had to euthanize the alligator due to terminal indigestion.

Was it receiving stolen goods?

50 posted on 12/08/2015 6:01:50 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: huldah1776
It was not justice inappropriately applied by Man - it was God's justice, I figure.

But speaking as a man, I believe anyone who applies themselves to such an enterprise deserves what they get, either by Man's hand or His.

51 posted on 12/08/2015 6:05:07 AM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: grundle; MeshugeMikey
The Brevard County Sheriff's Office dive team encountered the same gator while recovering the man's body, and the animal had to be euthanized by a trapper from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

#GatorLivesMatter

52 posted on 12/08/2015 6:05:11 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

give that man a Darwin Award


53 posted on 12/08/2015 6:05:40 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
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To: grundle

The other white meat...


54 posted on 12/08/2015 6:07:32 AM PST by CurlyDave
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To: grundle

Gator was judge jury and executioner...... NEXT!


55 posted on 12/08/2015 6:09:33 AM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: 11th_VA
Promote the Gator - fine civil servant !

An unpaid civil servant! This Law Enforcement Officer Gator saved the taxpayers a bundle.

56 posted on 12/08/2015 6:11:39 AM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: grundle
take a bite out of crime - the big bowl of soup

Click on the links below to find out more of what is happening at our ...

57 posted on 12/08/2015 6:12:03 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: grundle
You can't go hiding in an Alligator patch
You can't go hiding in an Alligator patch

You can't go hiding in an Alligator patch
And you had a doo had a wacka dacka doo.

Roger Williams...please forgive me.....

:-)

58 posted on 12/08/2015 6:23:12 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: grundle

Humans - Taste like chickeb


59 posted on 12/08/2015 6:30:13 AM PST by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back - Donald Trump)
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To: grundle

Karma-Gator...............


60 posted on 12/08/2015 6:32:38 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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