Philip Kolbe Harris was quizzed about car theft but was arrested for animal abuse instead.
Police in Florida who caught up with a teenager to question him over car thefts, discovered that he had disturbing cell phone footage of himself abusing an alligator.
An alligator is seen at the Gator Park in the Florida Everglades May 17, 2006 in Miami-Dade County in this illustrative image. A teenager in Lee County, Florida, has been arrested for allegedly abusing an alligator on video. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The second video taken around the same time the following night apparently shows Harris holding the animal by the neck, calling the creature a “G” and putting a cigarette in his mouth. He is then heard laughing and saying"this is animal abuse," the report said. Police say that Philip Kolbe Harris, 19, had footage on his cellphone of him abusing an alligator. Lee County Police
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