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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Brevard County, Florida ping.Cosmic Justice.
I hope the poor alligator didn’t get indigestion.
TONY JOE WHITE-"POLK SALAD ANNIE"
Gators got your granny, chomp, chomp
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."
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.
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/
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.
Yes, but the important question is: Does this qualify him to be a candidate for the Darwin Award?
Was it receiving stolen goods?
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.
#GatorLivesMatter
give that man a Darwin Award
The other white meat...
Gator was judge jury and executioner...... NEXT!
An unpaid civil servant! This Law Enforcement Officer Gator saved the taxpayers a bundle.
You can't go hiding in an Alligator patch
And you had a doo had a wacka dacka doo.
Roger Williams...please forgive me.....
:-)
Humans - Taste like chickeb
Karma-Gator...............
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