3-foot alligator captured in western NY yard

JAMESTOWN, N.Y.  (AP) — A call of an alligator on the loose snapped

police into action in western New York.

Police in the city of Jamestown say a resident called about 7:45

a.m. Tuesday to report an alligator in a side yard. 

Officers and the city’s animal control officer were able to round

up the 3-foot creature without incident.

They don’t know where it came from or how long it may have been

wandering the city.