WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — A suspicious looking creature was found loitering near a subdivision in Winter Haven over the weekend, police said.
Officer Braswell responded to the area of Fish Hawk Drive to check it out after the police department received a call about the prowler.
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The suspect in question, an alligator, “really wanted in the subdivision, but Officer Braswell reasoned with the reptile,” the Winter Haven Public Safety Department said in a social media post.
Photos showed Officer Braswell wrangling the gator in a field of tall grass.
Rather than being hauled off to jail, the gator was taken to a nearby creek, where officials said the reptile was safely released…