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Man Accused of Hitting Woman With Gator


PORT ORANGE, Fla. - A man hit his girlfriend with a 3-foot alligator and threw beer bottles at her during an argument in the couple's mobile home, authorities said.



David Havenner, 41, was ordered held without bond Saturday on misdemeanor charges of battery and possession of an alligator.


The alligator, which Havenner had been keeping in his bathtub, was turned over to Florida wildlife officials.


Nancy Monico, 39, told investigators that Havenner beat her with his fists, then grabbed the alligator and swung it at her as she tried to escape, sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said. She said the animal hit her at least once. She also told authorities that Havenner threw empty beer bottles at her, Davidson said.


Havenner's version of the story differed. He told investigators that Monico bit his hand because she was upset that they had run out of alcohol.


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Rednecks sure are funny!

Oh sweet christ.

Oh sweet christ.


HaHa!!! It was classic!

Now that's something you don't hear everyday.

They should also get him on domestic abuse and animal abuse.

That's classic. And of course, they had to live in a mobile home. (I am casting no aspersions here--I grew up in a mobile home.)

don't you just love these stupid things people do? :D

At what point in the fight does it occour to you to go into the bathtub, get the gattor and use it as a bat....?

I like the charge of 'being in possesion of an alligator.'

My first read of it had the gator biting someone because they where out of alchohol.......

For punishment both parties should now have to live with a family of very large alligators. That'll make sure everyone's nice and calm.....

Brilliant.

Sounds like it should be in the Darwin Awards ... except no-one died :mp5:

Incredible...

It’s against the law to have a gator as a pet? I did not know that. Well there goes my idea of building a moat and populating it with guard gators. Son of a bitch. :headbang:



Well maybe I could still get a permit though. :D

actually it is legal to own a gator as long as you have a lisense. Hitting someone with it I believe is illegal. Why one would choose a gator as a weapon...I have no idea. Only in Redneck Land.

I hope the Poor Gator Was Allright.

Where has the world come to today where people can smack others with a gator?

I don't see what's so funny about a lady being beaten by a drunk

don't folks realize how ineffective it is to beat people with live animals.

I Wanna Rip His Fucking Body In Half!!! I Will Personally Amputate All Of His Limbs And Burn The Wounds So That He Cant Bleed To Death, Then I Would Toss Him Into A Pit Of Crocs!! Not Alligators, Crocodiles!! Theyre More Aggressive And Would Rip His Body Into Pieces!!!

How do you think he held the gator?

I think the only feasible way would be to swing it by it's tail.

How do you think he held the gator?

I think the only feasible way would be to swing it by it's tail.


if you're throwing a large carnivorous reptile around, always best the keep the bitin' end facing the attackee and not yourself.

I don't see what's so funny about a lady being beaten by a drunk
Heh, right, sounds like a real "lady" to me.

aw come on, the thing was only 3 feet long. half of that has got to be tail

its a misdemeanor at best

It’s against the law to have a gator as a pet? I did not know that. Well there goes my idea of building a moat and populating it with guard gators. Son of a bitch. :headbang:



Well maybe I could still get a permit though. :D


Oh just move to the everglades and build a gator habitat. If you build it, they will come...

MMmmmm.. Gators..