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Albert the Alligator’s owner an emotional wreck after NY takes 750-pound live-in pet away: ‘I don’t sleep’
Taking away his best friend was a cold-blooded thing to do. An upstate New York man who kept a 750-pound pet alligator in his house is an emotional wreck after government agents hauled his pal away – and he sees the same heartbreak in Albert’s scaly face. “I know his look, and that happy face that you see is not there no more,” an emotional and sleepless Tony Cavallaro told The Post. “He looks very lost and very distraught. “I see the look in his face,” Cavallaro said about the blind, 34-year-old alligator that was shipped to a new home in Texas this...
Former jewelry store manager pleads guilty to stealing jewels, money from store
A former employee of a jewelry store pleaded guilty to stealing $100,000 worth of inventory and money from the store in a span of nearly a year, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Monday.
Driver that critically struck Cheektowaga police officer granted youthful offender status
An 18-year-old who critically injured Cheektowaga police officer Troy Blackchief while driving a stolen vehicle last year pleaded guilty Monday to five felonies, but will be granted youthful offender status. More from WBEN:
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