Florida man tries to throw live gator onto building’s roof
Florida (US), July 16: A Florida man told police officers he was “teaching it a lesson” when he tried to throw a live alligator he had stolen from a miniature golf course onto the roof of a beachside cocktail lounge, authorities said.
The 32-year-old man was arrested early Thursday when Daytona Beach Shores police officers spotted him attempting to throw the gator onto the roof of a cocktail lounge located just off Highway A1A, according to a police report.
The officers then saw the man take the alligator by its tail, hit it against the awning of the building, throw it to the ground and stomp on it twice, the report said.
The man from Homestead, Florida was taken into custody and charged with possession and injury of an alligator, unarmed burglary of an occupied dwelling, theft and criminal mischief.
The man told officers that he had stolen the gator from an enclosure at a nearby miniature golf course.
An online court docket showed no attorney for the man, who remained in jail Friday morning. (AP)
Dutch queen and robot open 3D-printed bridge in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM, July 17: Dutch Queen Maxima teamed up with a small robot Thursday to unveil a steel 3D-printed pedestrian bridge over a canal in the heart of Amsterdam’s red light district.
Maxima pushed a green button that set the robot’s arm in motion to cut a ribbon across the bridge with a pair of scissors. The distinctive flowing lines of the 12-meter (40-foot) bridge were created using a 3D printing technique called wire and arc additive manufacturing that combines robotics with welding.
Tim Geurtjens, of the company MX3D, said the bridge showcases the possibilities of the technology.
“If you want to have a really highly decorated bridge or really aesthetic bridge, suddenly it becomes a good option to print it,” he said. “Because it’s not just about making things cheaper and more efficient for us, it’s about giving architects and designers a new tool — a new very cool tool — in which they can rethink the design of their architecture and their designs.” (AP)
Off-the-grid island getaway in Rhode Island sold
RHODE ISLAND, July 17: The only home on a small island in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay has been sold.
The 600-square-foot (55-square-meter), off-the-electrical-grid cottage on Patience Island — with the unique address of 0 Patience Way — sold for $365,000, according to public records, lower than the $399,900 asking price when it was first listed in April, The Newport Daily News reported Thursday.
Realtor Michael Russo announced the sale on his Facebook page Tuesday.
“Congrats to all parties involved with this special sale!” he wrote. He did not disclose the buyer and the sale had not been recorded in town property records.
The seasonal cottage comes with just under a half-acre of land, two bedrooms, a kitchenette, a half bath and what is described as a “picturesque front porch.”(AP)