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Wayward Alligator Found In Motel Pool Was Part Of Rap Video

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Authorities have solved the mystery of how an alligator ended up in a swimming pool at a motel on the New Jersey shore.

7 Arrested After Police Search Motel Where Alligator Was Found In Atlantic City

They say the 3-foot-long (0.91-meter-long) alligator found Aug. 15 at the Bayview Inn & Suites in Atlantic City was part of a rap video filmed there by two men. The alligator was found when police conducted a raid at the site.

Alligator Found In Atlantic City Motel Pool 

Items found during the raid led to the arrest Tuesday of the two men on armed robbery charges. Authorities say they robbed homes in two nearby towns in the days before the alligator was found.

Animal control workers safely lifted the alligator from the pool, and it's now at a zoo in Cape May County. Officials plan to move it to a reserve in Florida.

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