Video: Baby alligator stolen from Florida business

The Brief

  • A surveillance video shows a man stealing a baby alligator from a Port Richey business early May 19 by wrapping it in cloth and fleeing on a bicycle.
  • Pasco County deputies are asking for the public’s help identifying the suspect.

ORLANDO, Fla. Pasco County deputies are asking for the public’s help identifying a man accused of stealing a baby alligator from a business along U.S. Highway 19 early Monday morning.

What we know:

According to the sheriff’s office, the theft occurred around 3:50 a.m. on May 19 in the 10500 block of U.S. 19. Surveillance footage shows an unidentified man using a device to capture a baby alligator, wrapping it in a white cloth, and leaving the area on a blue bicycle.

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