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07-18-2004, 12:22 PM
By Associated Press
Published July 18, 2004
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PORT ORANGE - A man is facing battery charges after sheriff's officials say he swung a three-foot alligator at his girlfriend during an argument.
David Havenner, 41, was ordered held without bail Saturday in Volusia County at the county's Branch Jail on misdemeanor charges of battery and possession of an alligator, officials said.
Sheriff's officials said Havenner was keeping the gator in his bathtub and swung it at Nancy Monico, 39, during an argument Friday.
Monico said Havenner beat her with his fists, then grabbed the gator and swung it at her as she tried to escape. The gator struck Monico at least once, after which time Havenner threw empty beer bottles at her and then kicked her out of their mobile home, she told investigators.
Havenner told investigators that Monico bit his hand because she was upset that they had run out of alcohol.
The alligator was turned over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, officials said.
Published July 18, 2004
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PORT ORANGE - A man is facing battery charges after sheriff's officials say he swung a three-foot alligator at his girlfriend during an argument.
David Havenner, 41, was ordered held without bail Saturday in Volusia County at the county's Branch Jail on misdemeanor charges of battery and possession of an alligator, officials said.
Sheriff's officials said Havenner was keeping the gator in his bathtub and swung it at Nancy Monico, 39, during an argument Friday.
Monico said Havenner beat her with his fists, then grabbed the gator and swung it at her as she tried to escape. The gator struck Monico at least once, after which time Havenner threw empty beer bottles at her and then kicked her out of their mobile home, she told investigators.
Havenner told investigators that Monico bit his hand because she was upset that they had run out of alcohol.
The alligator was turned over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, officials said.