And the gator gets away:
June 10, 2004, 7:22 AM EDT
PHILADELPHIA -- Police stopped a car on the Schuylkill Expressway for an unsual infraction: alligator possession within city limits. An off-duty police officer called police when he spotted the alligator poking its nose out the window of a black BMW, Inspector William Colarulo said Tuesday.
Petey the 3 1/2-foot long alligator was sitting on its owner's lap in the passenger seat, Colarulo said.