US EditionDeputies lasso, wrestle alligator lurking on front porch
Deputies captured and relocated a 6-foot alligator from a Lake County home after a call, ensuring safety without injury, deputies said.
- Lake County sheriff's deputies captured a roughly 6-foot alligator on a woman's front porch in Clermont on September 4, 2025.
- The call came after the alligator loitered at the residence and pushed through a fence to the backyard, prompting concern for safety.
- Deputies used ropes and wire snares to secure the alligator, with one mounting and clamping its mouth while another taped it shut before relocation.
- A video shared on the sheriff's Facebook page captured the moments of the alligator's capture, accompanied by a comment highlighting how unusual it is to see officers equipped with specialized leashes for handling alligators in Florida.
- The event highlights recurring nuisance alligator encounters in Florida, where alligators over four feet or posing threats require safe removal by authorities.
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Florida deputies take down nuisance gator
An alligator loitering near a Lake County residence was apprehended by a pair of sheriff’s deputies earlier this month, with video released Saturday of their feat. The video posted to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page shows two deputies who first encounter the roughly 6-foot-long gator at a residence’s front entrance back on Sept. 4. “Dispatch received a call from a woman stating that there was an alligator on her front porch area,”…
A Florida sheriff's office shared a video of deputies rope-caging a large alligator that had settled on the front porch of a woman's home before it fled into the backyard. The Lake County Sheriff's Office said on social media that deputies responded to a call from a woman reporting "an alligator in the area of her front porch." The post included a video showing deputies chasing the alligator as it fled from the front porch into the enclosed yard…
Florida deputies wrangle gator after it was found on woman’s porch - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) — An alligator is back in its natural habitat after it wandered into a residential area and stunned a woman who found it on her front porch. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office was called to a woman’s home when she found a gator on her front porch earlier this month. A deputy crouched over the reptile and held it down while it tried to do its signature “death roll.” The deputy won this fight and the gator was safely relocat…
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