(AP) – Little Rock police have arrested three men and accused
them of stealing a live alligator from a downtown nature center.The three were charged early Thursday with commercial burglary, theft of
property and criminal mischief. One also faces a charge of fleeing.
them of stealing a live alligator from a downtown nature center.The three were charged early Thursday with commercial burglary, theft of
property and criminal mischief. One also faces a charge of fleeing.
Police say that, after the burglary at the Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas
Nature Center, officers found the three-foot alligator beneath a seat in the
men’s car. Still missing Thursday afternoon was a replica of a western
diamondback rattlesnake. A shotgun taken in the burglary was also recovered.
The center’s exhibit hall was closed Thursday so crews can repair a number of
educational exhibits damaged after the break-in.
The nature center is in the city’s River Market District, close to the Bill
Clinton presidential library.
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