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Florida police officer delivers pizza after large gator caught on camera in customer’s driveway
A Florida woman was in for a surprise when a police officer ended up delivering her pizza because of an eight-foot alligator hiding out under a vehicle in her driveway.
The Bradenton Police Department shared a video of the encounter on X, showing Officer Tolson responding to the call.
“Pizza…with a side of gator?” the post read. “Officer Tolson responded to calls about an 8-foot gator in a 55+ community, intercepted a terrified pizza delivery driver, and ensured a hungry customer was fed (and a hungry gator wasn’t). All in a day’s work!”
In shared body camera footage, the police officer can be heard telling a woman who arrived to deliver the pizza to stop because of the large alligator.
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An alligator crawled under the car of a woman who ordered pizza in Bradenton, Fla., which was ultimately delivered by a police officer. (Bradenton Police Department)
The officer suggested the pizza delivery person go around to the back of the house, when she replied, “I’m a little scared.”
Tolson attempted to reassure the woman that, as long as the alligator stayed underneath the car, she could go around to the back of the home.
“Do you want to do it, officer,” the woman asked.
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A Florida pizza delivery woman got an assist from police after a gator was spotted in a customer’s driveway. (Bradenton Police Department)
She then handed the pizza to Tolson, along with the receipt, as a neighbor called the woman inside the home who ordered the pizza. During the call, the neighbor told the woman to not come out her front door due to the alligator.
Still, the woman opened the door to go outside. Immediately, Tolson told her to not come out because there was an alligator under her car.
“Oh my God!” she exclaimed. “My heavens! There’s an alligator under my car!”
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An alligator crawled underneath the car of a woman who ordered pizza in Bradenton, Fla., which was ultimately delivered by a police officer. (Bradenton Police Department)
Tolson told the woman to get back inside the house, when she asked about her pizza.
“Where’s my pizza?” she asked.
Tolson told her he would meet her at the back door with the pizza.
The woman met Officer Tolson at the back door, where they exchanged money for the pizza. (Bradenton Police Department)
Then, she said, “Holy s–t!”
Once the officer got to the back door, he was met by the woman who had cash in her hand and asked how much she owed.
Tolson told the woman he did not know because he was not the delivery person.
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Trappers measured the alligator, which turned out to be eight feet. (Bradenton Police Department)
“You’re a policeman?” she asked in a surprising way. “They called you?”
After a brief exchange, the two swapped the pizza for cash, which Tolson said he would give to the delivery driver.
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Before parting ways, the woman said she wanted to grab a picture of the photo. To be on the safe side, the officer took a photo of the giant reptile under the car with her phone before the alligator was taken away.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis named a debate trophy after Charlie Kirk to honor the recently slain CEO of Turning Point USA (TPUSA).
“We have worked hard to make Florida the national model for civics education,” DeSantis said.
“The Florida Civics and Debate Initiative reflects our commitment to fostering students’ appreciation for America’s founding principles. The champion of the next FCDI state championship will take home the Charlie Kirk prize, renamed in honor of a young man who embodied the principles of patriotism, civil discourse, and open debate.
“The generous scholarship awards for the winner and other top competitors will be a great memorial to Kirk’s legacy.”
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis named a debate trophy after Charlie Kirk to honor the recently slain CEO of Turning Point USA. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)
DeSantis on Monday touted the state’s effort to elevate civics education and announced that the winner of the state’s national speech and debate championship will receive the Charlie Kirk trophy. The Florida Civics and Debate Initiative State Championship will be held April 5, 2026, at New College of Florida in Sarasota.
The winner of the debate will also get a $50,000 scholarship, and the runner-up will receive a $25,000 scholarship.
Kirk built a following over several years by touring the country to debate college students on culture war issues like gender ideology, racial divisions and the merits of Christian and American values.
“Maybe you will get out of your comfort zone and question your own assumptions and maybe see things a little bit differently. There’s a lot of value in critical thinking,” DeSantis added.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touted the state’s effort to elevate civics education and announced the winner of the state’s national speech and debate championship will receive the Charlie Kirk trophy. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The governor also announced that Florida and TPUSA have formed a partnership to ensure Club America chapters can be established in any high school in the Sunshine State.
TPUSA calls the high school chapters Club America.
Club America chapters typically host meetings twice a month for conservative students to express their values and ideas. The chapters host activities based on themes that could entail patriotism, sports, taxes or other topics. For instance, Club America chapters hosted Free Speech Week and United We Stand for the week of Sept. 11.
DeSantis’ comments came after the Florida Attorney General’s Office of Parental Rights announced last month it would take legal action against any public schools that block TPUSA chapters.
Attorney General James Uthmeier cited reports that some public schools were not allowing TPUSA organizations to form on their campuses.
Florida’s office has not confirmed to Fox News Digital any official reports of high schools or other educational institutions attempting to block TPUSA chapters.
Turning Point USA Chapters surged after Charlie Kirk was assassinated while debating students on a college campus. (Turning Point USA)
Oklahoma made a similar effort to support TPUSA chapters. Former State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters pledged to establish a TPUSA chapter in every high school.
Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University pushed TPUSA to its greatest prominence yet.
Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, was named CEO and chair of the board of TPUSA, which operates 900 college chapters and about 1,200 high school chapters.
There have also been several efforts to honor Kirk’s legacy, including a Michigan County commission voting to erect a statue in his memory. Oklahoma officials have reportedly discussed incorporating Kirk’s name into public higher education spaces, and a highway in Clermont, Florida, has been named after him.
DeSantis’ office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Truckload of ‘aggressive’ research monkeys escape after truck crash in Mississippi; 3 still on the loose
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The search continues after a truck hauling monkeys from Tulane University in New Orleans flipped on a Mississippi interstate Tuesday, freeing several large, “aggressive” monkeys.
After the wreck, which happened north of Heidelberg, multiple rhesus monkeys escaped, according to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office.
“The monkeys are approximately 40lbs, they are aggressive to humans, and they require PPE [personal protective equipment] to handle,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a Facebook post.
The animals carry hepatitis C, herpes and COVID, deputies said, though the university later said the animals were not exposed to any diseases, the Clarion-Ledger newspaper reported.
At least one rhesus monkey remains on the loose, and authorities cautioned residents the primates are “aggressive.” (Jasper County Sheriff’s Department, Mississippi)
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On Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that three of the 21 monkeys on the truck remained on the loose.
Tulane University told Fox News Digital the Tulane National Biomedical Research Center provides its nonhuman primates to other research organizations to advance scientific discovery.
“The primates in question belong to another entity and are not infectious,” the university said. “We are actively collaborating with local authorities and will send a team of animal care experts to assist as needed.”
School officials did not confirm the number of monkeys that escaped, the number of monkeys killed or the number of monkeys that remain caged.
People in protective clothing search along a highway in Heidelberg, Miss., Wednesday, near the site of an overturned truck that was carrying research monkeys. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates)
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Officials said they have been in contact with an animal disposal company to “help handle the situation.”
The sheriff’s office responded to a Facebook comment from a concerned citizen asking if the post was a joke.
“Unfortunately not,” the sheriff’s office replied.
Tulane University did not specify the number of monkeys that escaped during the crash. (iStock)
Mississippi Wildlife and Fisheries responded along with local law enforcement.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo told Fox News Digital, “terrified monkeys running for their lives into unprotected, populated areas is exactly the spark that could ignite the next pandemic.”
“Monkeys can carry diseases transmissible to humans, including tuberculosis, and Tulane National Primate Research Center, where these monkeys were trucked from, has had disease outbreaks of pathogens deadly to humans in its monkey colony,” Guillermo wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital. “This is the risk the greedy monkey experimentation industry has chosen for the public, so they can line their pockets while these sensitive monkeys crisscross American highways in unmarked trucks.”
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She added the situation was also a tragedy for the monkeys, “whose only moments of freedom before death were the result of a truck crash.”
“The importation and use of monkeys in laboratory experiments is emptying the world’s forests while putting Americans at great risk, and it must end now,” Guillermo wrote.
The sheriff’s office told Fox News Digital it will continue to provide updates.
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On Oct. 29th, students, faculty and others traveled to visit the oak-lined paths, red-brick halls and campus Lyceum at the University of Mississippi to see Vice President JD Vance at a Turning Point USA event in honor of the organization’s co-founder, Charlie Kirk, alongside his widow, Erika Kirk.
Lesley Lachman, TPUSA chapter president at Ole Miss, remarked that the university is “the forefront of what Turning Point USA chapters look like across the country.
“This really is the point in history where people are motivated and want to get involved in politics, and Gen Z is fired up and ready to go,” Lachman added.
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The University of Mississippi expects an immense turnout of attendees for the TPUSA event featuring JD Vance and Erika Kirk. (Fox News Digital )
“The chapter has grown so significantly that every time we hold the chapter meeting, we hit capacity, and it’s a fire hazard, which has been an interesting, wonderful problem to have,” the college junior said.
Citing a “complete surge in numbers” in the Ole Miss TPUSA chapter, which she said started at 200 people during the beginning of her presidency, the group has since grown to 1,500 students.
The law student said “people want to be involved, and they want to be conservative.”
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Lesley Lachman, Ole Miss TPUSA chapter president, talks about the student organization’s unprecedented growth before JD Vance and Erika Kirk’s appearance on campus. (Fox News Digital )
“[Charlie Kirk’s] death has motivated people not only to get involved on social media, but also to get involved on campus,” she noted before mentioning the nonprofit’s newly minted CEO, Erika Kirk.
“Erika Kirk is a force. She’s a fighter. I think what she’s gone through is unbelievable,” Lachman shared.
“I think her motherly instincts really do give her the capability to be a wonderful leader, and I could see her growing this organization even bigger, especially with this big boom happening.”
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The University of Mississippi expects a big turnout for the TPUSA event featuring JD Vance and Erika Kirk. (Fox News Digital)
There have been various reports from chapter presidents at different schools describing the same uptick in student involvement for the organization after Kirk’s Sept. 10 death.
Despite growing support for the nonprofit across the nation, reports of hatred and acts of violence from TPUSA student members continue.
“I think the work we’ve done on campus is really beautiful, but, really, the bigger message of this is the turning point, and the work is going to continue,” Lachman said.
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