Remember the woman who was seen on video leaving her an alligator at Terminal 3 of Chicago O’Hare (ORD) Airport in November (my previous post here)?
Chicago Transit Authority video grabs of the suspect on the Blue Line before arriving at ORD.
A 29-year-old suburban Chicago woman (now with blonde hair) has been arrested for the incident and charged with animal cruelty and reckless conduct.
According to a police report, the defendant had been spotted on surveillance cameras on the CTA Blue Line (see inset) holding the gator and then entering the lower level of ORD Terminal 3 around 2:45a.m., where she let it loose (on purpose or by accident?) and it was spotted and recovered by ORD staff.
The Chicago Tribune reports she stated to police:
“[I] was so [high] on crack cocaine and heroin and had taken some pills [I lost the gator after coming to the airport].”
The 25-inch alligator, named “Allie” by ORD staff, was in poor health and turned over to the care of the Chicago Herpetological Society.
‘Allie’ the Alligator found in November 2013 at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport ( Chicago Herpetological Society / November 3, 2013 )
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