{"id":893552,"date":"2026-10-24T23:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T23:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893552\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T23:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T23:46:14","slug":"texas-game-wardens-issue-citation-to-man-after-locating-alligator-tied-up-in-a-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893552\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas game wardens issue citation to man after locating alligator tied up in a pond"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(photo: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)<\/p>\n

ANGELINA COUNTY, Texas – Texas game wardens have issued a citation to a man after finding an alligator tied to a boat in a pond in Angelina County.<\/p>\n

Family points fingers over captured alligator. <\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

\u00a0Game wardens said they went to the home where the alligator was being held and spoke with a man who denied knowing anything about the alligator. The man told the wardens to speak with his son-in-law who was at work at the time.<\/p>\n

Wardens were able to locate the alligator tied to a jon boat on the pond’s bank. It was seized and released back into the wild.<\/p>\n

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(photo: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)<\/p>\n

Authorities returned later and spoke with the son-in-law, who also denied knowing about the alligator and pointed to a third man, his brother-in-law.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The third man admitted to catching the alligator and putting it in the pond. He was issued a citation for illegal possession of an alligator. Wardens said he also had four active warrants from the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

What we don’t know:<\/p>\n

It is unclear if the man was arrested on the warrants from the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n

The Source: Information in this article comes from the Texas Game Wardens.<\/p>\n

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