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Alabama officers wrangle alligator found hiding in homeowner's garage: 'Got his mouth shut'

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A group of officers in Alabama apparently had their hands full while “arresting” a creature that crawled into a resident’s garage.

The Gulf Shores Police Department received an animal complaint from the homeowner, who discovered a large alligator sitting under his workbench, according to the department’s Facebook post, which was shared on April 17.

Officer William Phillips has been with the Gulf Shores Police Department for five years and has never received a call quite like this, he told Fox News Digital.

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Philips said he was thankful his background as a game warden with the Department of Conservation prepared him for the moment.

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Five officers, including the team supervisor, arrived on the scene to capture the alligator.

A group of five officers from the Gulf Shores Police Department received a call from a local resident who reported that a six-foot-long alligator was lurking under a workbench in his garage. (Gulf Shores Police Department )

Two community service officers were also part of the team and assisted with animal control, Phillips added.

One of the officers present was in training — which made for an eventful day for the newbie.

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“Please welcome Officer Gabe Trujillo to GSPD. He is pictured giving the thumbs up. He was thrilled to have the opportunity to meet with the alligator,” officers with the Gulf Shores Police Department captioned the post.

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“Please welcome Officer Gabe Trujillo to GSPD. He is pictured giving the thumbs up. He was thrilled to have the opportunity to meet with the alligator,” the police department’s Facebook post said. (Gulf Shores Police Department )

Phillips estimated the size of the alligator to be about six feet in length.

Although grabbing hold of a reptile of this size could be a challenge, Phillips and the team were able to wrangle it safely.

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“The hard part is getting to where you can get on top of them and get his mouth shut,” Phillips said.

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One officer was able to control the alligator’s neck and another officer shut the mouth, while Phillips jumped on the alligator’s back.

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The team of officers worked together to “detain” the reptile by grabbing hold of its neck and body before taping its mouth closed with painter’s tape. (Gulf Shores Police Department )

Phillips’ partner then grabbed some painter’s tape to help close the gator’s mouth shut, Phillips said, noting that stronger electrical tape is usually preferred.

“We got his mouth shut, and then the next thing is getting his arms, his front legs — I guess you could say detained — because they can lunge about two thirds of their body length,” Phillips said.

Once the team wrangled the gator, the local game warden for the county was brought in to relocate and release the animal.

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Even though this was a first for some officers on the team, they did not hesitate to jump in and do what needed to be done, Phillips said.

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Officer Phillips noted that it’s courtship season for alligators — which means the males are very territorial at this time. It’s best to call a professional if you encounter one. (Gulf Shores Police Department)

April is considered to be the courtship period for alligators, while May and June are the official months for mating season, Phillips also said.

Gators are “extremely territorial” in April, he said, and it is best to steer clear if you come in contact with one.

“Just leave it to the professionals. Don’t try to be a hero,” he added.

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Kentucky woman goes on shooting rampage, kills husband, sister before dying in shootout with brother: police

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A Kentucky woman went on a wild shooting rampage, killing her husband and gunning down her own sister before she was killed by her brother in a shootout, police said.

Angela Gosser, 56, is accused of driving to her brother’s house on Friday, May 3 in Jamestown with a gun and forcing her way into the home. Her brother, Darryl Wilson, 58, was home at the time, and according to a press release from the Kentucky State Police, he had a gun too. 

Police said the two siblings got into a shootout that ended with Gosser dead. Wilson was injured and taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.

But the extent of Gosser’s crime spree, according to police, only became apparent when authorities were called to her sister, Jennifer Wilson’s, home for a welfare check.

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Larry Gosser (L) and wife Angela Gosser (R) pose in a photo together. (Angela Wilson Gosser/Facebook)

Jennifer Wilson’s family said they weren’t able to get in touch with her and were concerned for her safety, according to the press release. 

When authorities arrived at the home in Russell County, they made a grisly discovery.

Troopers and deputies found Jennifer Wilson sitting in the driver’s seat of a Toyota Camry with apparent fatal gunshot wounds to the head.   

Police said they believe that before the incident at her brother’s house, Gosser came across Jennifer Wilson and shot at her multiple times through the car’s passenger side – leaving her for dead. 

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Photo of Larry Gosser (L) in his uniform. He was a retired sergeant with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife after 16 years of service. Close up photo of Angela Wilson Gosser (R). (Wilson Funeral Home)

According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Gosser’s husband, Larry Gosser, was also found shot and killed on Friday evening. 

Larry Gosser was a retired Sergeant with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife after 16 years of service, according to Wilson Funeral Home records. 

Police told local station WKYT that Larry Gosser was working on a tree on his property in western Pulaski County when his wife opened fire on him, killing him. 

“Right now, that is open for investigation. We are still working with detectives and looking for leads. They are back there working to find the end of it,” Pulaski County Sheriff Bobby Jones told WKYT. 

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Darryl Wilson (L) and his younger sister Angela Wilson Gosser (R) pose together in an old photo.  (Angela Wilson Gosser/ Facebook)

According to his obituary, Larry Gosser was an avid fisherman and hunter who loved the outdoors, loved his animals and most of all loved spending time with his family and friends.

Investigators have not yet announced a motive for the killings.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office for more information, but did not hear back.

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Alabama schedules nitrogen gas execution for convict who survived lethal injection attempt

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Alabama has scheduled a second execution with nitrogen gas, months after the state became the first to put a person to death with the previously untested method.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set a Sept. 26 execution date for Alan Eugene Miller, who was convicted of killing three men during a 1999 workplace shooting. The execution will be carried out by nitrogen gas, the governor’s office said. Miller survived a 2022 lethal injection attempt.

The governor’s action comes a week after the Alabama Supreme Court authorized the execution.

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In January, Alabama used nitrogen gas to execute Kenneth Smith. Smith shook and convulsed in seizure-like movements for several minutes on a gurney as he was put to death Jan. 25.

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Alan Miller is on death row in Alabama. (Alabama Department of Corrections)

A nitrogen hypoxia execution causes death by forcing the inmate to breathe pure nitrogen, depriving him or her of the oxygen needed to maintain bodily functions. Alabama and some other states have looked for new ways to execute inmates because the drugs used in lethal injections, the most common execution method in the United States, are increasingly difficult to find.

Miller has an ongoing federal lawsuit challenging the execution method as a violation of the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, citing witness descriptions of Smith’s death.

“Rather than address these failures, the State of Alabama has attempted to maintain secrecy and avoid public scrutiny, in part by misrepresenting what happened in this botched execution,” the lawyers wrote in the lawsuit. It is anticipated that his attorneys will ask a federal judge to block the execution from going forward.

Attorney General Steve Marshall maintained that Smith’s execution was “textbook” and said the state will seek to carry out more death sentences using nitrogen gas.

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State attorneys added that Miller has been on death row since 2000 and that it is time to carry out his sentence.

Miller, a delivery truck driver, was convicted of killing Terry Jarvis, Lee Holdbrooks and Scott Yancy in the workplace shootings.

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Florida mom charged in 'horrible' beating death of 4-year-old adopted son: 'Turns our stomachs'

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A Florida mother is behind bars facing multiple charges in the death of her 4-year-old son, whom she adopted from Haiti in April 2023, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Patricia Saintizaire, 36, is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and tampering with a witness in the death of Bryan Boyer, Sheriff Grady Judd said Wednesday.

“He’s dead because she beat him to death,” Judd said. “It is beyond my wildest imagination how anyone could abuse a beautiful little fella like this child was abused and neglected.”

Saintizaire also has a 16-year-old son she adopted from Haiti, who is now in protective custody.

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Patricia Saintizaire, 36, is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and witness tampering in the “horrible” beating death of her 4-year-old adopted son. (Polk County Sheriff’s Office)

The sheriff’s office said it was notified by staff at Orlando Health Hospital on Thursday, May 2, of a 4-year-old boy who died “under what appeared to be suspicious circumstances” after a medical exam showed an abdominal bleed that couldn’t be fixed by emergency surgery.

The boy’s body was taken to the District 9 Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy, which was conducted the following day. The autopsy declared the child died from assault/blunt force trauma and ruled the manner of death as a homicide.

“What we have learned during this investigation just turns our stomachs,” Judd said.

The autopsy showed the little boy had old and new scarring on his back that would have occurred during his past year with Saintizaire in the United States. He also had a deep laceration on his liver, which would have affected him immediately and “caused a rapid decline” in his health, the sheriff’s office said.

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While he had no broken or fractured bones, the autopsy showed bruising and hemorrhaging to his arms and legs. The medical examiner’s ultimate decision was that his injuries were consistent with ongoing abuse.

“We don’t believe we know all that this child suffered,” Judd said.

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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced charges against Patricia Saintizaire on Wednesday in the May 2 death of her 4-year-old son. (Polk County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook)

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Polk County homicide detectives learned the boy was initially taken to Heart of Florida hospital in Davenport, where the family lived, but was flown to Orlando Health because of his injuries. 

Saintizaire took him to the hospital at the request of her teenage son, who was performing CPR on the child at home beforehand, according to the PCSO. 

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When detectives initially spoke with the 16-year-old, he told them he was not abused and never witnessed abuse, but once he was placed in protective custody, he said his adoptive mother told him to “say nothing so I don’t get in trouble.” He also said Saintizaire threatened to kill him with a gun, the sheriff’s office shared.

The teenager also told detectives he and his brother were physically disciplined with a belt and a homemade hitting device when they lived in Haiti before telling them what happened on May 1, the day before the 4-year-old was reported dead.

When the little boy got home from school that afternoon, he was “happy and behaving normally with no injuries,” the brother told detectives, which was confirmed in a review of bus and school cameras and by talking to those who interacted with him.

“Despite his abusive treatment, they said he was a happy child,” Judd said.

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Bryan Boyer, 4, was adopted from Haiti by Patricia Saintizaire in 2023. (Polk County Sheriff’s Office via Fox 13 Tampa Bay)

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The teenager said he went to another room in the house for about two hours and did not see or hear what happened to his little brother, but noted that he was “unable to walk on his own and struggled to sit up on his own” when Saintizaire told him to take food to the child.

She allegedly told the teenager that the boy was “faking it” and to just feed him shortly before he became unresponsive, which is when he began performing CPR and insisted they needed to go to the hospital.

Saintizaire’s husband, who was “clearly at work,” according to Judd, told detectives he does not handle the discipline of the children. Saintizaire “repeatedly denied” ever using physical discipline as punishment for either child, the sheriff’s office said.

When reviewing her phone, detectives found two videos from home surveillance cameras showing Saintizaire allegedly hitting the 4-year-old with an unknown object while he was lying face down on the floor, Judd said. Another video showed her allegedly throwing the boy into a pool with his hands tied behind his back.

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“Our number one goal in this organization is to protect the children,” Judd said, “and that’s why we go after child predators, that’s why we go after child pornographers, that’s why we go after child abusers and we certainly go after child murderers.”

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