Ben Siegel Troubles

I am hesitant to post this because Ben has a reputation as a good guy, but if people have orders in or are involved in auctions, they need to know this, and his trouble here affects us all.

Broward Sheriff's Office
Benjamin Siegel
Monday, Jan 5, 2015 • Updated at 1:26 PM EST

A South Florida reptile store owner is facing battery and animal cruelty charges after authorities say he struck employees with a bearded dragon lizard and put it in his mouth.

Benjamin Herman Siegel, owner of Siegel Reptiles, was arrested Friday at the business on West Hillsboro Boulevard in Deerfield Beach, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office arrest report.

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Siegel, 40, remained behind bars without bond Monday, jail records showed. It was unknown if he has an attorney.

According to the report, video surveillance captured Siegel throwing the animal in the air and swinging it in the air multiple times. He also hit employees with the bearded dragon multiple times and threw Gatorade on them, the report said.
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"The defendant did unnecessarily torment the animal, handling the animal in a cruel and/or inhumane manner and intentionally committed an act to the animal which results in excessive and repeated infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering to the animal," the report said.

The reptile store made national headlines in 2012 when a man died after consuming dozens of insects and worms during a roach-eating contest at the shop.

Someone on another board suggested that he is mentally ill. I am not sure where or how to find that info.

Originally Posted by rosebud945

Someone on another board suggested that he is mentally ill. I am not sure where or how to find that info.

What a wicked allegation. Classic Fauna BS.

Originally Posted by SpidersOhMy

What a wicked allegation. Classic Fauna BS.

Sarah clearly has a bone to pick, evidenced by her other useless comments on other threads...

Sarah, have you actually read the comments in the thread?

It is widely known that Ben suffers from bi-polar disorder.

Thank you Rose for posting.
There's already so many BOI inquiries about him that I didn't want it to get washed away as just another one.

Give the man another free pass, he has mental issues.

Originally Posted by SERPENTS DEN

Give the man another free pass, he has mental issues.

Sure Moron , So everybody with Mental illness can abuse harmless animals ,first lizards torturing them to they are life less(dead)throwing projectiles at humans, That's most deffinetly Someone's son ,daughter think about it . Probally young kids. NOT exceptable , No Excuses. A person I went to grade school with queit, nice, shy respectful. Developed bipolar disorder, but had a drug problem. drug addict, beheaded this own sweet mother. I known since I was a kid ,in my 30's now.Sweetest lady good bless her sole. Her 35 year old Scumbag ls(stay at home son) LOL..WTF beheaded this mom , dragged her naked body on the street , kicked her head 45 feet. Across the street . Put her topless body on a road in front of their duplex. Then he lived by a rail road station, Jumped in front of an express train doing 70 mph,double decker train , traveling from Penn Station. Manhaten .Look it up ,it happened on Halloween, 10/31/2014 very weird...Farmingdale, New York. Mother beheaded by son .Made nation News.. So don't tell me that is is o.k ..exceptable behaver. Hell has a Hot Seat for Him. You should live a healthy ,positive life and don't hang out with these people...Im a New Yorker and I see a person abusing an animal. No doubt about it. Im going to make them cry.... Get tough bro..

Originally Posted by Turtle Guy

Sure Moron , So everybody with Mental illness can abuse harmless animals ,first lizards torturing them to they are life less(dead)throwing projectiles at humans, That's most deffinetly Someone's son ,daughter think about it . Probally young kids. NOT exceptable , No Excuses. A person I went to grade school with queit, nice, shy respectful. Developed bipolar disorder, but had a drug problem. drug addict, beheaded this own sweet mother. I known since I was a kid ,in my 30's now.Sweetest lady good bless her sole. Her 35 year old Scumbag ls(stay at home son) LOL..WTF beheaded this mom , dragged her naked body on the street , kicked her head 45 feet. Across the street . Put her topless body on a road in front of their duplex. Then he lived by a rail road station, Jumped in front of an express train doing 70 mph,double decker train , traveling from Penn Station. Manhaten .Look it up ,it happened on Halloween, 10/31/2014 very weird...Farmingdale, New York. Mother beheaded by son .Made nation News.. So don't tell me that is is o.k ..exceptable behaver. Hell has a Hot Seat for Him. You should live a healthy ,positive life and don't hang out with these people...Im a New Yorker and I see a person abusing an animal. No doubt about it. Im going to make them cry.... Get tough bro..

You don't understand sarcasm very well do you? That quote was in a sarcastic manner.

Originally Posted by ElexisOrtiz

You don't understand sarcasm very well do you? That quote was in a sarcastic manner.

That was your biggest issue with that post? Not getting sarcasm is the least of this dude's issues.