City of Tuscaloosa Employees Capture AlligatorThis morning around 7:40 AM, Tuscaloosa Police Officers responded to Liberty Recycling on an alligator siting. Upon arrival, Officers were informed that a driver of Liberty Recycling Plant found an alligator measuring close to 8 ft. under his 18 wheeler.Employees from Tuscaloosa Police Department’s Traffic Division, Lake Patrol and Tuscaloosa Department of Transportation’s Animal Control were able to capture the alligator and secure it until it was turned over to Alabama Game and Fish to be transported to Gainesville, AL and released back into its natural habitat.