HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — Two of three men who authorities say stole a 14-foot flattened and preserved alligator, strapped it to a pickup truck and took it off-roading have entered pleas in the case.
Fifty-five-year-old Douglas Ward of Linden pleaded no contest Friday in Livingston County Circuit Court to breaking and entering while 53-year-old John Sanborn of Harrison pleaded guilty to the same charge. Sentencing is Nov. 10.
The case against 60-year-old Roy Griffith of Linden is pending.
The charges stem from a June 25 theft from a barn in Hartland Township, about 40 miles northwest of Detroit. Authorities say the alligator's owner found tire tracks near his barn and followed them to a party in Deerfield Township where people were driving their vehicles around in the mud.
Authorities say the men were intoxicated.
