Alligator brought to Middleboro Police Station

MIDDLEBORO, Mass. -- An alligator was dropped off at the Middleboro Police Station on Friday.

“Obviously we were a little surprised. It’s not every day that someone brings an alligator into the barracks, so we were a little taken back,” said one officer.

Reptile experts are going to examine the reptile to figure out its age, its origin, and how it got to Middleboro.

Environmental Police are working on the case because it is illegal in the state of Massachusetts to have an alligator as a pet.

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