BROOK PARK, Ohio – A 36-year-old man asked police to escort him to the home of a Brook Park resident to whom he had recently sold an alligator. The man, a reptile collector, requested the escort at about 9:30 p.m. Jan. 25. He said the Brook Park resident, who lives on Mercer Drive, never paid him for the alligator, which will eventually grow to about 6 feet long. The man said he wanted the alligator back.