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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Fort De Soto Manatee Rider Arrested And Charged

Ana Gloria Garcia Gutierrez was arrested for illegal ride on a manatee in late September.

The September manatee rider at Fort De Soto Park was arrested and charged Saturday—more than seven weeks after she turned herself in to authorities. Ana Gloria Garcia Gutierrez, 53 years old, was arrested and charged Saturday, for violating the Manatee Sanctuary Act. Gutierrez had been photographed sitting on and riding a manatee in Fort De Soto Park on Sept. 30. After her picture had been published by media sources, Gutierrez turned herself in to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Oct. 2, but investigators initially said they couldn't charge her because they believed they had to have witnessed it. Her charges were then forwarded to the State Attorney's Office. The State Attorney's Office issued a warrant for her arrest on Saturday and …

Tony T

10:55 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012

Maybe we should enforce all law like we did this one....especially the one's involving illegal's entering the country and the ones against those who hire them?   more ›

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