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                             POLICE                                    BLOTTER





                           A collection of dumb moves by boneheads in Florida

        Days After Buying $8 Million  diagnosed and offered treatment  The defendant was captured                     the man attempted to cover the
        Private Island, Florida Man          to the undercover detectives.       on video entering the Alligator      flame with towels, the towels

        Busted For Stealing $300 In          At that point, both individuals     Farm at approximately 7:45           also caught fire.
        Merchandise From Kmart               were taken into custody without  PM on Nov. 5. The defendant             As firefighters extinguished
                                             incident and charged for the        damaged numerous exhibits
        According to arrest logs             unlicensed activity, according      and statues around the complex       several items in the home

        from Monroe County Sheriff’s         to police.                          causing an excess of $5000 in        which caught fire, an officer
        Office and reports from the Key                                          damage.                              detained the man and removed
        West Police Department and           Neither has ever been licensed                                           him from the house for his own
        TheSmokingGun.com,                   in Florida. Bernal is also          Hatfield is seen climbing a          safety. Firefighters said that if
        Andrew Lippi, 59, was                charged with drug possession        structure at the Nile Crocodile      he had stayed in the home much

        charged with felony grand            with the intent to sell, dispense,  enclosure and jumping into a         longer, he could have possibly
        theft rap for allegedly swiping      or deliver drugs without a          pool occupied by crocodiles.         died from smoke inhalation.
        coffeemakers, linen, and light       prescription.                       Hatfield was attacked by a           Fortunately, the incident

        bulbs from a Kmart in Key            Florida Man Wearing Crocs           crocodile and sustained non-life     ended with no life-threatening
        West. According to the police        Breaks Into Gator Farm and          threatening injuries to his feet     injuries.
        report, the loot allegedly           Gets Bit                            and leg.                             Man Demands Sex In
        stolen by Lippi had a total                                                                                   Exchange For Returning
        value of approximately $300,         Officers responded to an            The defendant was                    Woman’s Dog: Sheriff

        and the arrest came only a           address on Holly Lane (near         apprehended and charged with
        few days after FlKeysNews.           the lighthouse) in reference        Burglary, Criminal Mischief,         A 36-year-old man has been
        com published an article             to a male subject, wearing          and Violation of Probation.          arrested after being accused

        about Lippi’s recent purchase of  underwear, crawling on the             Hatfield was treated at Flagler      of demanding sexual favors
        a private island for $8 million.     lawn in a concealed manner.         Hospital and transported to the      from a woman in exchange for
                                             When officer’s arrived they                                              returning her dog.
        Florida Man Arrested for             made contact with the male          St. John’s County jail, upon his
        Practicing Fake Dentistry in         subject, who was identified as      release from the hospital.           Kevin Austin Skaggs of Ballica

        Bus, AKA – “Mobile Office”                                                                                    Drive in the Lake Magdalene
                                             Brandon Keith Hatfield, and         Florida man starts house fire
        From Miami CBS Local and             observed injuries to his foot.      while smoking pot, drinking          area was arrested Friday after
                                                                                                                      a woman told the Hillsborough
        Miami Dade Police Department         Hatfield was transported to         and baking cookies on George         County Sheriff’s Office that he

        – According to Miami-Dade            Flagler Hospital for further        Foreman grill                        wouldn’t return her dog until
        Police Medical Crimes Unit           medical attention. While            According to reports from            she provided sexual favors.
        investigators, Daniela Sulbaran      officers were in route to the       Northwest Florida Daily News         Skaggs, who is known to the
        Gonzalez, 37, and Victor             hospital, a call was dispatched     and the Niceville Police &
        Bernal, 44, of Miami, were           to the Alligator Farm (999          Fire Departments, a naked            victim, had been calling her

        providing dental services inside     Anastasia Blvd) in reference to     man rescued from a house fire        and sending her unwanted text
        a bus located in a parking lot at    Criminal Mischief. It was later     admitted to accidently setting       messages for months, said
        6001 NW 74th Avenue in West          discovered the two calls were       his house on fire after he drank     deputies.

        Miami-Dade.                                                                                                   Deputies located Skaggs
                                             related.                            2 liters of vodka, smoked
        After several months of              According to St. Augustine          marijauna and attempted to           driving in his vehicle with the
        investigation, undercover            Alligator Farm staff, they were     bake cookies on an indoor grill      dog. The dog was returned to
        operatives from the Florida          prompted to review video            known as a George Forman             the victim in good health.

        Department of Health and             surveillance when they found        grill.                               Skaggs was charged with
        the MDPD Medical Crime               a “Croc” style shoe in the          According to reports, the grill      extortion and driving with a
        Unit, posed as patients on           crocodile pit and damage to the  and cookies caught fire after he        suspended license.
        Nov. 15.Bernal and Sulbaran
                                             property.                           left the grill unattended. When      His bond is set at $7,500.
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