Alleged Manatee Rider Arrested
Ana Gloria Garcia Gutierrez was arrested Nov. 24 and charged in connection with an illegal ride on a manatee at Fort De Soto Park in late September.
A woman accused of riding a manatee was arrested Nov. 24 and charged with violating the Manatee Sanctuary Act. Ana Gloria Garcia Gutierrez, 53, 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 on Oct. 2. Her charges were then forwarded to the State Attorney's Office. The State Attorney's Office issued a warrant for her arrest on Saturday, Nov. 24, and she was arrested that day at her place of employment at the Sears in Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg. Gutierrez had claimed to be new to the area and didn't realize touching manatees was illegal at the time she turned herself in…
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12:28 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
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