All in a days’ work

Posted on May 28, 2021

Sgt. Jay Ricketson with the Perry Police Department (PPD) served as an alligator handler on
Friday, May 21, after law enforcement officers were dispatched to a wooded area near Southside
Park in response to two teenage girls coming upon a juvenile alligator while riding ATVs.

PPD and the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area located on Plantation Road just off Old
Dixie Highway, where they found a young alligator, approximately four feet in length. The alligator’s
mouth was taped shut before it was safely removed from the area.

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