TAMPA MAN HAD ANIMAL PARTS IN FREEZER (As do most of us)

WBBH-TV—Ft. Myers, FL ^ | 8/11/2005 | WVVH-TV Staffers

[ElCapusto]

I have a leg of lamb in my freezer.

[RexBeach]

I have a dangling conversation in my front parlor.

[somniferum]

In my freezer I have a good assortment of Catfish, Deer, and of course frog legs (I gigged em myself!).

[Red Badger]

All he has to do is claim them as religious artifact, i.e. sacrificial animals. I have sacrificed fish, turkey, chicken, pigs, cows, lambs, and the occasional deer in my freezer.........

[Dallas59]

I wonder this guys Mom is at???

[Red Badger]

I don't sacrifice amphibians.......

[over3Owithabrain]

I have no animal parts in my freezer - just some frozen Tyson "chicken" and Groton fish sticks...

[Millee]

The authorities have been contacted. Stay where you are. ;-)

[Seeking the truth]

Authorities say an anonymous caller told police that Huckaby was storing part of a migratory bird and pieces of sea turtles inside a freezer in his house.

So, this is all it takes for a search?

[cyborg]

I have more animal part stuffs than I know what to do with thanks to the future bride-groom.

[Brilliant]

"When authorities searched the house..."

I wonder what the search warrant said. "He has animal parts in his freezer."

Not probable cause in my view. And how would they know they were endangered without seizing them and testing them first?

[rabidralph]

Mmmmmm, turtle chunks.

[JoeSixPack1]

A quick inventory of the frozer section turns up - Dead chickens, dead cows, dead elk, dead bambi, dead fish, dead pig, dead lamb, 3 frozen glass mugs(for emergency use only) and a package of frozen crab cakes.

I need to go buy some coffee cream. :-)

[rabidralph]

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Web site, Florida sandhill cranes are found in pastures, prairies, [and Lester's freezer].

[Hoodlum91]

It's a poorly written story.

He wasn't arrested for having animal parts in the freezer, it was the TYPE of animal. I'm thinking it's the cranes and alligators that got him in trouble.

Of course, I'm wondering why authorites could enter his house and search his freezer based on one person's tip.

[cyborg]

Hannibal Lecter

[QwertyKPH]

I have animal parts in my belly.

MMMM Good!

[NonValueAdded]

Oh, so you get someone else to do your killing for you, eh?

[r9etb]

So, this is all it takes for a search?

The animals in question are protected. Probable cause and the guy's past history say "yes" to the search warrant.