This is one of the reasons Jeff Babauta, a retired Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer who also spoke at CrimeCon, worked undercover as an alligator farmer. Alligator farming in Florida requires a license and a limited number of permits are granted, so he had the tricky assignment of identifying illegal farmers.
During a yearslong sting operation, aimed at preventing…
Private Investigators Are Sharing The Most Bizarre Cases They've Worked, And It's Wild
July 29, 2025
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“Way back in 1998, we surveilled a house for an older guy who thought his younger wife was cheating on him. I wasn’t on this shift, but I heard the same story from everyone who was there. They’d wired the house and were waiting in a van behind the…
Private Investigators Are Sharing The Most Disturbing Cases They’ve Ever Gotten, And Wow
April 24, 2025
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“Took a job in California following this guy who’d been creeping around this lady’s house. Followed him and ended up in a warehouse right outside LA, where he met a group of men.”
“I decided to follow them as they left in a van and…
