Deputy wrangles gator, rides in patrol car, the Osceola Sheriff's Office says

Deputies captured a gator that was roaming around a heavy tourist populated plaza, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.Deputy wrangles gator near tourist plazaAccording to a news release, Osceola County deputies responded to a call on Halloween afternoon about a gator walking around the parking lot near the Celebration Hardware Company.When deputies arrived, they found people standing nearby and a gator caught between a fence.Tourists get the full Florida experienceBody camera footage shows Deputy Nicholas Pippin pulling the gator out of a fence and taping its snout. Pippin has had previous experience handling gators.Catch and releasePippin used his patrol car to transport the gator to Lake Cecile where it was untaped and released, a news release said.