{"id":224321,"date":"2026-04-09T02:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224321\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T02:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:51:08","slug":"alligator-breaks-into-florida-home-takes-a-dip-in-pool-before-capture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224321\/","title":{"rendered":"Alligator breaks into Florida home, takes a dip in pool before capture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 Florida police thought they were responding to a home intruder, but instead they were met with a huge gator. <\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampa.gov\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Tampa Police Department<\/a> said a little after 3 a.m. on March 29, officers responded to a residence only to find that an alligator had broken into the home and let itself in for a swim in the homes pool. <\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/treasure-coast-florida-hospitals-more-e-bike-injuries-children-severe-trauma-brain-fractures-bones-helmet-amid-increased-accidents-hca-florida-lawnwood-dr-david-rubay-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Treasure Coast hospitals see more e-bike injuries amid increased accidents<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Body camera video shows officers walking up to the home, when all of a sudden there is a loud bang followed by a hissing sound.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>With help from an alligator trapper, the alligator was safely removed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Florida police thought they were responding to a home intruder, but instead they were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-224321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}