Alligator does cop's job, gets euthanized

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Wednesday December 09, 2015 · 5:27 AM PST

2015/12/09 · 05:27

It’s a simple story.

Dumbass elects to rob homes, ends up on run from the cops (because burglary is illegal, dontchaknow) and, in an absolutely brilliant maneuver jumps into a pond to hide.

In Florida.

MELBOURNE, Fla. — Brevard County deputies have determined that Matthew Riggins, 22, was killed by an alligator in Barefoot Bay lake on Nov. 23 while possibly hiding to avoid law enforcement.

Investigators say that Riggins had told his girlfriend he would be in Barefoot Bay to commit burglaries with another suspect who is now in custody but not cooperating with officials, according to Maj. Tod Goodyear with BCSO.

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Police searching the area reported hearing "yelling" but could not determine the source that night, Goodyear said. Ten days later, Riggins' body was found in the lake.

Simply a master criminal.

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Markings on Riggins body led the dive team to believe the alligator may have cased Riggins’s death. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission was brought in to trap and euthanize the 11-foot gator, and remains found in the alligator's stomach were described as "consistent with the injuries to Riggins."

Don’t commit crime. It is such a fabulously simple concept. But some folks just think they are so freaking clever. Like this dope.

I am displeased they euthanized the alligator. I get it they need to find the rest of the bad guy, but the alligator did nothing wrong, so not only did dumbass rob houses, he got an innocent alligator killed for doing the right thing.

Cops who do largely the same thing (minus eating people of course: to be fair, cops do keep that to a minimum) almost never even get so much as a stern talking to.

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