NEW YORK (WABC) -- Police responded Tuesday to a situation not often seen - an alligator on Staten Island.
Video showed an NYPD officer holding the two-foot gator near Cranford Avenue and Park Street.
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Police say a woman called to say her husband had captured the reptile. It had been found in a wooded area.
There is no word yet on where the alligator came from.
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The couple who reported the incident decided to name the gator 'Charlie'.
Police say it was safely removed and brought to the Brooklyn Animal Care Shelter.
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