BRAZORIA, TX (KTRK) -- A state trooper found a six foot alligator in the back seat of a burglary suspects car early Saturday morning.
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The trooper told Eyewitness News that William Johnson found the gator in the road near Angleton and loaded it up into his Buick Regal, then broke into a house in Brazoria.
DPS Trooper Steve Stanfield explained, "From my understanding, he tried to get a big screen TV out of the house. He couldn't get it in the car by himself, so he recruited a neighbor, who, when he saw the alligator, dropped the TV and said, 'Alright, I ain't got nothing to do with it.'"
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Officers arrested Johnson and a game warden took the alligator.
Officers also told us on Friday, they found Johnson with a four and a half foot water moccasin that had bitten him. Johnson did not suffer ill effects from the snake bite.
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Post A Comment 1 sbreen143 4/15/08 8:22 PM EDT

OMGoodness that is crazy!!! I have never heard anything so CRAZY IN MY LIFE! WHAT IN THE WORLD??? AND THESE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS FROM TEXAS...WHY DO THEY HAVE TO MAKE TEXANS LOOK SO STUPID ON NATIONAL TV?? LOLOLOLOLOLOL I heard this on TV & had to come read it to make sure I heard this right!! Mark As Violation

2 james_kwiatkowski 4/15/08 8:29 PM EDT

Crazy Louisiana boy that is transplanted by Katrina. Gotta lov'em! Mark As Violation

5 clarkwmr 4/15/08 9:18 PM EDT

Maybe he drank some swamp water and thought he was Davy Crockett. Mark As Violation

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6 firebuff4ever 4/15/08 9:58 PM EDT

dang gator wasn't even buckled up lol Mark As Violation

7 voice4rent 4/15/08 10:56 PM EDT

Did anyone even consider the poor alligator?! It didn't ask to be kept in this !@#$% car! Mark As Violation

8 cjaap 4/15/08 11:24 PM EDT

If you got an alligator in the back seat of your car...you might be a redneck

If your robbin a house and get the neighbor to help you load the tv...you might be a redneck

If you have a water moccasin for a friend...you might be a crazy redneck thats part *** Mark As Violation

9 haileycarter 4/15/08 11:41 PM EDT

I have seen strange things when pulling people over but I think this would top it. I once stoped a guy with nothing but a small speedo (too bad im not the fashion police) Mark As Violation

10 bryce 4/15/08 11:57 PM EDT

So did they give the "Miranda Warning" to the gator? You have the right to bite this idiots butt...You have the right to color TV....You have the right not to hang around with a loser, who breaks into houses and gets bitten by a moccasin...I've heard it all now! Mark As Violation

11 txproud 4/16/08 5:18 AM EDT

Ahh hell let the boy make it..maybe the ministers against crime can help. Mark As Violation

12 hairyduck 4/16/08 8:23 AM EDT

What happened to the TV? Was it returned? Mark As Violation

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13 jeannine 4/16/08 9:26 AM EDT

I saw it on Good Morning America. What I want to know is how in the world did he get that gator in the car by himself? Mark As Violation

14 velou 4/16/08 9:34 AM EDT

yeah jeannine and couldn't carry a tv with out help makes sense to me duh Mark As Violation

15 runyanj 4/16/08 11:54 AM EDT

i can npot belive he didnt get his #### eat up thats funny Mark As Violation

16 rlee231429 4/16/08 11:57 AM EDT

He was probably going home to make him some gator boots and to go along with the snakeskin belt he was making with the water moccasin. "Loaded it up in his Buick Regal," you have got to be kidding! Mark As Violation

17 Eldarey 4/16/08 12:25 PM EDT

some people are such idiots! i mean putting a gator in your car?? Mark As Violation

18 wackychica2007 4/16/08 12:41 PM EDT

Who hit this man with the Stupid Stick? Mark As Violation

19 lurban3 4/16/08 1:01 PM EDT

This sounds like one crazy man. I'd love to meet him. Where are they holding him.? Mark As Violation

20 jen1torres 4/16/08 1:23 PM EDT

I want to know- how in the world did he get the gator in the car to start with and how did he keep from being attacked by it while he drove. AND he had a 4.5 foot snake!!! What the ...... Mark As Violation

21 lurban3 4/16/08 2:13 PM EDT

Pretty amazing..Isn't it.? I still want to meet this guy? He sounds like he could be alot of fun to hang out with. Mark As Violation

22 sxymilfhouston 4/16/08 2:31 PM EDT

Some poeple are really really stupid. I feel sorry for the animal not the man. Mark As Violation

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23 hairyduck 4/16/08 3:51 PM EDT

#20, maybe the man got the gator into his car by offering it some candy. Or maybe he told the gator his mom sent him to pick it up. #18, I love your comment!! Mark As Violation

24 ramsancortez 4/16/08 4:01 PM EDT

ok kids....this is a perfect example of what drugs can do to your brain....hahahaha..IDIOT!! Mark As Violation

25 lbeck7 4/16/08 4:16 PM EDT

Crikey! Good day, mate! All you have to do is rub the buggers belly and blow in her ear and she'll follow you anywhere.....I assume the gator's a she....... Mark As Violation

26 dpena 4/16/08 5:40 PM EDT

I don't know which one I laughed the most at (still laughing).. the man who had the alligator, or the comments you all put on here!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love the last one!!!! I mean, really... did it look like a dog??? LOL He must have forgot, also, that there was no room for the TV, or maybe, it was for his pet Alligator to watch!!!!!!! LOLLLLLLLL still laughing!!!!!!!!!####, Texas people!! Mark As Violation

27 josesantossalinas 4/16/08 6:03 PM EDT

It was not an alligator, it was a giant lizard. Mark As Violation

28 kimclark24 4/16/08 6:13 PM EDT

Another one from Planet Moron. Mark As Violation

29 tngal51 4/16/08 6:41 PM EDT

He wasn't stealing the tv, he was trying to run an extension chord to the porch to watch it while he waited for his friend to return home. He had permission to be there but the neighbor called the police. He's handled snakes & reptiles all his life & he's a darn good tree climber! He didn't get bit by the snake either. The story's been twisted. It may have been one of the cops. If you need any trees cut he's the guy! He's in Brazoria County & needs $1100 bail money & money to get back home to see his ... Mark As Violation


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