Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries cite three Texas men in connection with alligator seen in the French Quarter

WDSU-TV6 ^ | June 20, 2024 | Metia Carroll

[Red Badger]

Three Texas men have been cited in connection with the illegal possession of an alligator in the New Orleans French Quarter.

On May 30, the men were seen at Esplanade and Dauphine with the alligator.

Nearly a month later, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries identified the men as Ediberto Sanchez, 48, Matthew Erwin, 45, and Elgein Konesheck, 48, all from Sealy, Texas.

The men told Wildlife and Fisheries agents that they found the alligator near a park in Lafitte and released it into a bayou in New Orleans unharmed after being seen with it in the French Quarter.

All three were cited for having a live alligator without a permit, which is an offense that comes with a $250 to $500 fine.

[Red Badger]

Not Florida Man this time!.....................

[Red Badger]

Mardi Gras is over guys..................

[moovova]

Looking for some tail in the French Quarter shouldn’t come to that.

[No name given]

I guess either they didn’t get the memo 📝 or they don’t care. Probably both.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Let me take a wild guess: alcohol was involved?

[Red Badger]

That would be a good bet........................

[MortMan]

...they found the alligator near a park in Lafitte and released it into a bayou in New Orleans unharmed after being seen with it in the French Quarter

So, if all is true (always a question), then they are to be puniched because someone OLSE left an alligator in the French Quarter.

[No name given]

That wouldn’t surprise me one bit.

[heartwood]

Three men and an alligator walk into a bar...

[plain talk]

[Romulus]

Coming to New Orleans to be Jackasses because the whole world thinks it’s perpetual Mardi Gras and there are no rules here.

[Red Badger]

It is illegal to wear a mask in public in New Orleans except during Mardi Gras and Covid-X Pandemics................

[whitney69]

‘It is illegal to wear a mask in public in New Orleans except during Mardi Gras and Covid-X Pandemics?”

Of course not. You could just be plain ugly.

wy69

[Red Badger]

Gotta give the prostitutes a fightin’ chance after 2am..............

[Allegra]

Let me take a wild guess: alcohol was involved?

Alcohol is almost always involved in the French Quarter.

[Bratch]

[plain talk]

wow. I don’t even see any tape over the mouth of that one.

[scrabblehack]

Esplanade Ave? That’s just barely in the French Quarter.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

illegal possession of an alligator in the New Orleans French Quarter.

Anyone want to bet they were drunk?

[Joe 6-pack]

Lots of Texans come to Louisiana to see what big alligators look like.