See Ya Later, Alligator!
Sean Lewis
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Authorities have charged Sean Lewis, 45, with alligator poaching after his mother called 911 on Monday to report him.
Lewis told cops he received the small alligator from a friend who was supposed to come back for the animal.
However, the friend never returned.
After a while (crocodile), Lewis decided to keep the animal in a bathtub in a home he shared with his mother.
She wasn’t pleased, especially after he converted the bathtub into a makeshift aquarium, with a cinder block inside meant to simulate dry land and an overhead heat lamp to simulate sunlight.
The woman called 911, and authorities came over to get the gator.
Although the tub provided a reasonable amount of room for the gator to move, Bonnie Breilbeil of the Central Florida Zoo said it was only a matter of time before it would have become more aggresive. “I would assume within just a few months that would become very, very difficult for that individual and it’s just not a proper environment for the animal, so we have to think of them, too,” Breitbeil told WFTV.com.
Alligators are a protected species in Florida and can be legally collected only by individuals with proper licenses and permits, according to the Daytona News-Journal.
Lewis is now in custody at Volusia County Jail, while the gator has been released into the St. John’s River, according to WFTV.
This is not Lewis’ first run-in with the law. Records show that he has been arrested at least six times, including two assault charges, one on a person over the age of 65, the Daily Mail reported.
Shrimp Chop Suey!
Jayson Laughman
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man is in jail after making a big to-do about a missing can of shrimp.
Officers charged Jayson Laughman, 34, with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on Saturday morning after he allegedly attacked Michael Airhart, his mother’s boyfriend, for accusing him of taking a missing can of shrimp.
A few minutes after the initial accusation, Airhart was in his own room when cops say Laughman used a Samurai Sword to break down the door. Laughman then allegedly threw kitchen knives at Airhart, 52, the local news reported.
The two men then had a “heated verbal argument” before going outside to fight, at which point Laughman threatened Airhart with a statue, the report states.
When deputies arrived, Laughman told them he is diabetic, and blamed his blood-sugar level for destroying the bedroom.
I “Like” Myself On Facebook
Luis Rodrigez
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – The latest dumb criminal to be caught with the help of a social networking site is an 18-year-old suspect in last month’s Huntington Beach riots. Luis Enrique Rodriguez joined the growing list of criminals caught on Facebook when he “liked” his own photo on a police Facebook page.
Last week, the Huntington Beach Police department posted 25 photos of rioting suspects on Facebook, asking people to help identify them. Shortly after, a friend of Rodriguez tagged him in the comments of the photo featuring the Anaheim resident. It wasn’t a very smart move on the friend’s part but Rodriguez made his situation worse by not only liking the photo but sharing it on Facebook as well, a local TV station reported.
Rodriguez’s instinct to “like” his own photo made it “pretty easy” for police to track him down and arrest him for vandalism. He’s being accused of writing “f–k the pigs” on police squad cars that responded to the scene of the riot. The guy even changed his Facebook profile photo to one of him sitting on top of a squad car wearing the same clothes.
