He beat and forced to smoke: in Florida, the guy faces jail for bullying alligator
19-year-old guy from Florida accused of abusing an alligator.
The alligator mockery has been added to the list of other 20 charges, including burglary, theft and large-scale fraud, according to records in the County Police, Florida.
According to an arrest report in the Lee County Sheriff's Office, 19-year-old Philip Kolbe Harris was identified on charges of involvement in the March 28 crime at Fort Myers Beach, in which he stole two cars and dumped them into the ditches.
When the detectives detained a teenager, the first thing they began to check his phone. There, they found three videos of abuse of an alligator.
The first video was shot on 26 March in 23: 39. On it, Harris holds a small alligator by the neck, then throws it on the ground and sends the barrel of a pistol at him.
According to police, Harris consistently hit the alligator’s head. The reptile tried to avoid any contact with him and tried to break free, but Harris pursued her and beat her with a baseball cap. Then Harris grabbed the alligator by the neck and punched him in the stomach.
The following video was shot on 27 March in 12: 20. On it, the accused is holding the alligator by the neck with his left hand, so its distinctive feature - two star-shaped tattoos - is clearly visible.
The report indicated that the alligator, 2 feet (60 cm) long, had a cigarette in its mouth. Harris can be heard laughing in the background, declaring that this is "animal cruelty."
The following video, shot by 27 March in 12: 46, shows that the alligator is kept in a shoebox.
It is alleged that when the detectives asked the guy why he inserted a cigarette into the alligator's mouth, the suspect laughed.
In his Facebook account, Harris often posed with animals that he hunted, including sharks and boars.
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