Gator attacks Pinellas Park Illegal Mexican fleeing traffic stop

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A 20-year-old driver was able to elude Pinellas County deputies
at a traffic stop, but then was bitten by an alligator early
Thursday.

Deputies pulled over a vehicle that was not staying in a lane
about 2:47 a.m. Thursday. Bryan Zuniga, 20, stopped the vehicle,
but then jumped out of the passenger side door.

Zuniga kicked a hole in a vinyl fence so he could escape,
deputies said, near the 7100 block of 78th Avenue N.

He was found hours later at a hospital being treated for
multiple puncture wounds to his face, arm and armpit, police
said. He told deputies he was attacked by an alligator near a
water treatment plant between Westchester Boulevard and 71st
Street N. in unincorporated St. Petersburg.

He was released from the hospital and transported to the
Pinellas County Jail without further incident.

Zuniga, of 8481 54th St. N. in Pinellas Park, faces charges of
breaking or injuring fences, fleeing and eluding a police
officer, driving while his driver's license was
suspended/revoked, and resisting an officer without violence.

He was being held on $6,300 bond.

The investigation continues.

17 comments

Teresa Carol Tidwell � Top Commenter � University of Mary
Washington College of Education
Too bad the alligator didn't finish the job.
Reply � � 9 minutes ago

Valerie Cook
Better than K9s, a G9. Way to go, gator!
Reply � 1 � � 2 hours ago

Pcdebb ThatsMe � Top Commenter
if this isn't Karma, I don't know what is.
Reply � 1 � � 2 hours ago

William Sheetz � University of South Florida
He needs a new profession, Punk doesn't look like it is working
out for this guy.
Reply � 1 � � 3 hours ago

Jim Kinzer � Top Commenter
Wow, Wrinkle City and County have deputized the Gators!
Reply � 2 � � 6 hours ago

Charles Phillips � Top Commenter � Works at Hillsborough County
Public Schools
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Reply � 2 � � 6 hours ago

Bob Lewis � Top Commenter � Green Cove Springs, Florida
but it is against the law to feed gators.
Reply � 6 � � 7 hours ago

Aaron Gavrian � Top Commenter � Kettering Fairmont
another charge
Reply � 3 � � 6 hours ago

Ron Gibson � Top Commenter � USF
Now that is what I call having a very bad day! Out run a cop and
a big lizard with 9 inch legs puts the chomp on you.
Reply � 4 � � 8 hours ago

Keith Kans � Works at CAE Inc.
Okay... gotta ask... "being treated for multiple puncture wounds
to his face, arm and armpit." Was he on the ground, or is there
a mutant ninja jumping crime-fighting gator out there? I love
living in the F-L-A.
Reply � 7 � � 8 hours ago

Virginia Vickers Veit
That's fantastic! I'd love a Gator super-hero. :-) Hope it has
an orange and blue cape
Reply � 5 � � 8 hours ago

Keith Kans � Works at CAE Inc.
hee hee.
Reply � 3 � � 8 hours ago

Ron Gibson � Top Commenter � USF
Definitely would make one think that a life of crime may not be
for him.
Reply � 1 � � 8 hours ago

Fernando Lopez � Top Commenter � Webber International University
I wonder if the judge will give him extra jail time for being an
idiot?
Reply � 3 � � 8 hours ago

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