A 25-year-old Florida woman took an alligator from her former employer and kept it in a hotel bathtub so she could take birthday photos with it.
The young animal was found in the tub at Grove Resort and Water Park on September 4th. Madison Stephan told an officer that she wanted to take pictures with the borrowed alligator.
The juvenile alligator was found inside a bathtub in Orange County when a police officer arrived on the scene
An officer on-scene said the alligator was cold, as was the water in the tub.
She told an officer that she wanted to take pictures with the 2-foot alligator, and "borrowed" the animal from her former employer, the wildlife park Croc Encounters,
The animal was returned and Stephan's former employer, Croc Encounters, declined to press charges.