Two evil-looking dudes are checking cars in the parking lot of a convention center near the Tamiami Trail in Dade County, Florida. This property is under the jurisdiction of the Seminole Indians who also police the area.

Just as the two thieves pull a laptop computer out of one of the cars, a tribal police officer spots the pair and calls in the report on his radio.

The bad guys take off running with a pair of tribal cops close behind. One of the bad guys tires quickly and gives it up, but the second thief, later identified as Garth, keeps on running. Eventually Garth jumps into a nearby lake to avoid capture.

By daybreak tribal cops are out tracking Garth with bloodhounds along the banks of the lake. Tribal police divers begin searching the lake near where Garth was seen diving into the water.

It’s late morning when one of the cops spots Poncho drifting lazily along in the lake about 20 feet off the shoreline. Poncho is the name Indians gave to a 9-foot-6-inch alligator that’s lived in the area for years. The divers are warned that Poncho is in the area.

It’s late afternoon when tribal divers find the body of a man stuffed into the muddy bank of the lake. Alligators frequently store their catches stuffed into underwater muddy banks much like humans use refrigerators.

The remains are taken to the coroner’s office where a medical examiner’s report says the man died from an "alligator attack." The report also says the subject’s head was "traumatically removed."

Game hunters capture Poncho and he’s taken to a wildlife station for examination to see if there are any "human remains" in the gator’s stomach. After additional forensic examination, it’s determined that Poncho did put Garth on his menu and that the body in the mudbank was Garth, or what’s left of him. Tribal police now consider the case "closed."