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Raw: Piscataway cops catch alligator
Bodycam video released by Piscataway Township shows Patrol Officer Ian Paglia and several others working to nab a 4-foot alligator.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, N.J. - An alligator that caused a New Jersey park to close last week was captured Thursday night.
Just after 10 p.m., a concerned citizen in the Possumtown neighborhood spotted the 4-foot-long alligator near 2nd Avenue.
After officers responded, the alligator was subdued and restrained by Patrol Officer Ian Paglia until the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Fish & Wildlife Division took custody of it.
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Missing alligator captured in New Jersey park
An alligator was captured in a New Jersey park after it was forced to close last week.
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Police then put the alligator in a patrol car and secured him in a cell.
A division lieutenant said that the alligator will eventually be adopted by an area zoo or sanctuary.