The Monmouth County SPCA said the gator was found in a plastic container in an empty lot on Bangs Avenue.
Animal control responded quickly after a good Samaritan made the discovery and called it in, they said.
The alligator was taken to the animal shelter and given a clean tank in a climate-controlled area.
Help find a missing teenager from New Jersey. Belsi Hernandez is from East Orange, NJ and has been reported missing on December 26, 2022.
A school bus slammed into a home in West Caldwell, New Jersey, on Friday. There were no students on board, but the driver had just dropped them off, and police say he was driving drunk. CBS2's Nick Caloway spoke to the homeowner, who has to find a place to sleep tonight.
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