(Source: AP/Livingston County Sheriff's Department)
Police arrested Roy Allen Griffith, 60, Douglas Earl Ward, 55, and John Earl Sanborn, 53, the latter two of which the Free Press reports tested for alcohol at a level five times higher than the legal driving limit. The alligator was not drunk. The three men have been charged with breaking and entering, and at least two remain in jail while awaiting trial. Not because they post any danger to other flattened and stuffed reptiles, but because the judge has used exercised her pre-trial bail discretion and has determined that their extensive use of alcohol makes them threats to the human community. However, they are likely to be out soon, because while breaking and entering carries with it a punishment of up to 10 years, the plight of the stolen alligator was not particularly serious. Related Resources:- Intoxicated men take dead alligator off-roading (Associated Press)
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