New Jersey authorities finally captured a 4-foot alligator that had been on the loose for more than a week. Alligators aren't native to New Jersey
Piscataway Patrol Officer Ian Paglia subdued and restrained the alligator after a resident reported seeing it walking down a street in the Possumtown neighborhood around 10 p.m. Thursday, the department said.
The body camera footage shows several officers chasing the gator up and down the street and into a grassy area where an officer was able to hold down the reptile with his foot and tie an improvised leash around its neck – all under the glare of flashing police lights. The alligator is now in the custody of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Fish & Wildlife Division and is expected to go to a local zoo or sanctuary.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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