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10 • OCTOBER 2020 - Senior Voice of Hernando County
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                          A collection of dumb moves by boneheads in Florida

        Days After Buying $8 Million         to the undercover detectives.       The defendant was captured           the man attempted to cover the
        Private Island, Florida Man          At that point, both individuals     on video entering the Alligator      flame with towels, the towels

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

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

        felony grand theft rap for           or deliver drugs without a          enclosure and jumping into a         longer, he could have possibly
        allegedly swiping coffeemakers,  prescription.                           pool occupied by crocodiles.         died from smoke inhalation.
        linen, and light bulbs from a        Florida Man Wearing Crocs           Hatfield was attacked by a           Fortunately, the incident ended

        Kmart in Key West. According         Breaks Into Gator Farm and          crocodile and sustained non-life     with no life-threatening injuries.
        to the police report, the loot       Gets Bit                            threatening injuries to his feet     Man Demands Sex In
        allegedly stolen by Lippi had                                            and leg.                             Exchange For Returning
        a total value of approximately       Officers responded to an                                                 Woman’s Dog: Sheriff
        $300, and the arrest came only       address on Holly Lane (near         The defendant was apprehended

        a few days after FlKeysNews.         the lighthouse) in reference        and charged with Burglary,           NORTHDALE, FL — A
        com published an article             to a male subject, wearing          Criminal Mischief, and               36-year-old man has been
        about Lippi’s recent purchase of  underwear, crawling on the             Violation of Probation.              arrested after being accused

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

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

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

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

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

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