{"id":252686,"date":"2026-04-30T17:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252686\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:06:11","slug":"bodycam-video-captures-gator-nudged-by-deputy-and-trapper-across-busy-tampa-road-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252686\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodycam video captures gator nudged by deputy and trapper across busy Tampa road &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A Hillsborough County deputy directed traffic and dealt with an alligator at the same time in the Tampa Bay area.<\/p>\n<p>Body camera video released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office captured the moment the deputy and a licensed trapper moved the 7-foot reptile from busy North Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the gator was secured and later safely relocated.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A Hillsborough County deputy directed traffic and dealt with an alligator at the same&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-252686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252686","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=252686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}