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Posted on 07/15/2021 1:48:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Suspect tried to flood holding cell after arrest, police say
A Florida man who stole an alligator from a miniature-golf course, swung it around by its tail and threw it into the air claimed he was teaching the reptile “a lesson,” according to the Daytona Beach Shores Department of Public Safety.
Police said they were patrolling on South Atlantic Avenue around 3:20 a.m. Thursday when they saw a man later identified as William Hodge attempting to throw a live gator onto the roof of a building.
Hodge, 32, grabbed the creature by its tail and hit it against a building awning, according to the affidavit. He’s also accused of slamming it onto the ground and stomping on it twice and throwing the alligator over his shoulder and then onto the ground.
Officers said they approached Hodge after seeing him throw the alligator and he immediately put his hands up to surrender and was taken into custody.
He admitted that he jumped a fence into an alligator enclosure at a nearby miniature-golf course and stole the gator after wrestling with it, records show. When asked why he abused the animal, he claimed he was “teaching it a lesson,” according to the affidavit.
Hodge was taken to the public safety department and tried to flood the holding cell by balling up toilet paper to clog the toilet bowl and the drain on the floor, records show.
Police said Hodge threatened to flood the whole facility.
He’s facing charges of animal cruelty, possessing or injuring an alligator, unarmed burglary and criminal mischief.
An arrest report didn’t detail what injuries the alligator suffered if any. It has since been returned to Congo River Golf.
Wait. Alligators are especially protected? How about cockroaches? Mosquitos?
Florida man strikes again.
Apparently they need to be protected from this guy.
There are plenty of idiots like him in the world without having to elect one as President. He is probably more intelligent than CommieJoe.
Being addicted to meth is no way to go through life.
Alligator trainer....
I am just over here shaking my head. His vote counts the same as mine.
And he gets paid for his vote .... you don’t.
He looks like an extra from Gods and Generals.
“He’s also accused of slamming it onto the ground and stomping on it twice and throwing the alligator over his shoulder and then onto the ground.”
Isn’t that exactly what the Demorats did to us Conservatives after the election last November ??
He was just mething around...
I don’t think he’ll crack under interrogation.
I hope he turns to religion and becomes a crystal Methodist.
Florida. It’s crocodiles that are protected by making it illegal to mess with alligators.
Anyone that tortures a dumb animal is a scumbag.
Ping
Crocodile Dundee
Thanks. That’s my reply, too.
A person who inflicts pain on an animal for fun is in the same category as a pedo- they have something fundamentally wrong with them and it’s just a matter of time and opportunity until they do something that wrecks someone else’s life.
Lock him up and let Bubba throw him around and teach him a lesson.
Florida man has no fear!
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