DNR deputy captures alligator outside Marlboro Co. apartment

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Cpl. Phillip Purvis with the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) Officer Jake Knight caught an alligator Thursday afternoon on Arcadia Drive in the McColl community.

Officials said the alligator was in a ditch in front of the Ashlyn Apartments.

Neighbors said they’re thankful the officers captured the gator before it went roaming around the apartment complex, scaring tenants.

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