{"id":655214,"date":"2026-05-20T21:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/655214\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T21:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:50:10","slug":"alligator-captured-in-byram-neighborhood-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/655214\/","title":{"rendered":"Alligator captured in Byram neighborhood backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOh no All had 5. 00. Alright, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in *** court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you do not have an attorney, we will appoint one for you. Do you understand? He understands.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Alligator captured in Byram neighborhood backyard<\/p>\n<p>Wildlife officials warn sighting could increase this week<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wapt.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WAPT logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 1:08 PM CDT May 20, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wapt.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Byram Police Department was called to the Robinson Estates for a reptilian community invader.Around 5 a.m. Wednesday, someone spotted an alligator in their backyard. Police, as well as the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries &amp; Parks, responded and wrangled the 4-to-5-foot gator to relocate it to a safe area away from people.The wildlife department is warning that with the expected rain forecast in the coming days, there could be an increase in alligator sightings near lakes and rivers.If you spot a gator in Byram, you are asked to call the Byram Police Department at 601-372-2327.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tBYRAM, Miss. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Byram Police Department was called to the Robinson Estates for a reptilian community invader.<\/p>\n<p>Around 5 a.m. Wednesday, someone spotted an alligator in their backyard. <\/p>\n<p>Police, as well as the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries &amp; Parks, responded and wrangled the 4-to-5-foot gator to relocate it to a safe area away from people.<\/p>\n<p>The wildlife department is warning that with the expected rain forecast in the coming days, there could be an increase in alligator sightings near lakes and rivers.<\/p>\n<p>If you spot a gator in Byram, you are asked to call the Byram Police Department at 601-372-2327.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oh no All had 5. 00. Alright, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[36767,6619,282510,282506,1868,282507,282509,23992,20431,16220,68357,68353,6107,3590,24338,39887,282511,21980,282508,79,201],"class_list":["post-655214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-a-m-wednesday","tag-alligator","tag-byram-neighborhood-backyard","tag-byram-police-department","tag-fisheries","tag-fisheries-parks","tag-foot-gator","tag-increase","tag-lake","tag-lakes","tag-mississippi-department","tag-mississippi-department-of-wildlife","tag-parks","tag-people","tag-rain","tag-reptile","tag-reptilian-community-invader","tag-river","tag-robinson-estates","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}