Charlotte County deputies pulled over a pickup truck for running a stop sign in May. The driver, Michael Clemons, 22, told investigators he and Ariel Machan-Le Quire, 25, had been collecting snakes and frogs.
Investigators asked to search the vehicle and found 41 turtles in a “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” backpack. When authorities asked if there were any other animals, Machan-Le Quire pulled out a foot-long alligator.
Clemons' case is pending.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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