Police: Man Attacks Girlfriend With Gator

POSTED: 7:03 pm EDT July 17, 2004

PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- A Florida man hit his girlfriend with a three-foot alligator, according to police.

Authorities said the couple kept the gator in the tub of their mobile home.

Police have also accused the man of throwing beer bottles at the woman during the argument at their Port Orange home. Meantime, he said his girlfriend bit his hand when she discovered they'd run out of alcohol.

The alligator was turned over to Florida wildlife officials. The man is charged with battery and possession of an alligator.