Posted on 02/15/2026 10:44:10 AM PST by DFG
Louisiana Wildlife agents arrested a man early Friday morning after they spotted him walking down Bourbon Street carrying a live alligator.
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents helping with security during Mardi Gras were patrolling the French Quarter around 1:30 a.m. when they saw a man, later identified as Eurell D. Johnson, walking in the 400 block of Bourbon Street with a 3- to 4-foot alligator.
When agents stopped Johnson, they also found him with a gun and marijuana. Agents learned Johnson is a convicted felon and cannot legally possess a firearm.
Agents arrested Johnson, 25, of New Roads, on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of marijuana, and possession of a live alligator.
The alligator was turned over to an on-call wildlife biologist. Agents also seized a pistol and marijuana. Johnson was booked into the Orleans Parish Jail.
If convicted, Johnson could face $1,000 to $5,000 in fines and five to 20 years in jail for the firearm charge. Illegal possession of a live alligator carries up to $950 in fines and 120 days in jail. The marijuana charge carries up to a $100 fine.
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Drunk, stoned, armed, and toting an alligator is no way to go though life son. Or even the French Quarter during Mardi Gras week.
Good to know they have on call biologists available for Mardi Gras. Sometimes in New Orleans expert opinions are called for in differentiating men and women.
What? If a guy gets the munchies, why can’t he take his pet and gun with him while he looks for a snack?
The pot and the piece really belonged to the gator.
The gun and the pot were the gator’s and he was just about to turn him in when he got stopped
“Is that an aligator in your pants, or …”
We should be defense attorneys.
Ha! The Dream Team NOLA.
Ol’ Huey knew better than to be caught with a live alligator.
I have a VERY low opinion of New Orleans police.
They are more criminal than most people they bust.
I do suppose a drunk carrying around an alligator
is more dangerous than than say the rapist or
strong arm robber just up the block from
the main establishments on Rue Bourbon .
BTW all my civilian charges were dropped
and my “bad time” in the military forgiven.
I had to suffer through two weeks in the old New Orleans Parish prison because I insulted a New Orleans cop
outside a bar in Rue Bourbon.
A man and an alligator walk into a bar...
Yikes. Daughter and I went to NOLA last month. Glad nothing that weird interrupted our visit.
There was a great green neon sign on a little shop in the French Quarter:
“The Swamp”
A stoned doper walking around armed with a 4’ gator in Louisiana would be no big surprise and likely a more common occurrence than one might think....LOL...just not on Bourbon Street in New Orleans....
Even the small ones will literally bite the living hell outta ya....they’re vicious from birth. IF this guy didn’t have that gator’s mouth taped shut, a 4 footer is more than capable of putting one awful nasty bite on ya and can’t imagine him not being bitten lugging that thing aground....crazy.
Notice in the above LEO pic, the gator’s mouth is taped shut....there’s a very good reason....LOL
Did you get to enjoy some delicious cajun food?
Friday, at our local grocery store (in SE TX) .... bouquets of flowers and King cakes were flying off the shelves!
I went to the Cajun festival in Lafitte years ago. A Boudreaux wearing his white Dulac Reeboks and a wife beater was walking around with an alligator a little bit smaller than the one in the photo here. Its mouth was wide open and people were petting it. One of the craziest things I ever saw.
Get down with O.P.P. (yeah you know me)
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