A Florida man stole an alligator from a mini-golf course and tried to heave the reptile onto the roof of a building to “teach it a lesson,” authorities said. William “Bubba” Hodge, 32, was ...

He told officers he had scaled a fence to an enclosure at Congo River Golf in Daytona Beach and taken the small alligator, according to an arrest report obtained by Fox 35 Orlando. In a brief ...

The Daytona Beach Shores Police Department said on Facebook that Hodge stole the gator from the Congo River Golf course at 2100 South Atlantic Ave. about 3 a.m. Thursday. After his arrest ...

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES ... Police said they rescued the gator and returned it back to Congo River Golf. Sarah Wilson joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2018 as a digital producer after working as an award ...

A Southwest Florida man is accused of stealing an alligator from a tourist attraction in Daytona Beach Shores ... get to the alligator enclosure at Congo River Golf, then stealing the ...