Police responding to domestic dispute find nearly 4-foot-long gator in upstate NY home
By APThursday, October 8, 2009
Domestic dispute leads to 4-foot gator in NY home
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Police officers responding to a domestic dispute in an upstate New York village found something they didn’t expect: a nearly 4-foot-long alligator.
Police in Endicott, just west of Binghamton, say they encountered the gator after being dispatched to a home Tuesday afternoon.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation seized the gator and hauled it away.
Police charged a 23-year-old man with criminal possession of a weapon and possessing a wild animal as a pet, a violation of state environmental conservation law.
A 39-year-old woman was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Both were held in the village police lockup awaiting arraignment.
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