Florida man breaks into home, says he’s being ‘chased by alligators,’ cops say

A Florida resident had an unexpected visitor Tuesday night.

According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, officers responded to a disturbance call from a Naples homeowner who said an intruder had broken into the residence.

The caller said there was a man in his kitchen wearing just shorts and “a lot of tattoos,” the police report said.

When the man asked the intruder, later identified by police as Bryan Berkley, to leave, the suspect instead went to the refrigerator and grabbed ice cream.

When officers arrived, they saw Berkley in a truck, sitting on the passenger’s side.

“The male subject approached me mumbling about family, trucks and other things,” read the report.

“Due to the male acting irrational,” he was detained and taken to the patrol car where he said he wanted “water to drink” and was being “chased by alligators.”

The Cape Coral resident was arrested. He faces felony charges including burglary and criminal mischief.

No alligators were observed near the home.

The 30-year-old was still behind bars Friday afternoon, held on $37,000 bond.

This story was originally published May 31, 2019 at 5:04 PM.