Northwest Side Man Arrested For Trying To Sell A Baby Alligator On Craigslist For 300 Dollars

(Source) A Northwest Side man accused of trying to sell a baby alligator on Craigslist for $300 was arrested Monday evening, police said.

Juan A. DeJesus, 19, of the 1700 block of Meade Avenue, was charged Monday with one count of misdemeanor possession of wildlife, police said.

A state Department of Natural Resources police officer responded to an advertisement that was posted on Craigslist and went to DeJesus’ home Monday afternoon under the pretenses he was going to purchase the alligator, police said.

The ad, which has since been pulled from Craigslist, stated:

“Baby gator for sale, id consider a trade for a leachie gecko. Sale price is 300 obo asap.”

DeJesus came out of his home with the alligator and said he would like to have $300 for it, but the officer identified himself and told DeJesus of the violation, police said.

The alligator was seized as evidence and given to other IDNR agents and DeJesus was transported to the Grand Central District police station to be processed, police said.

DeJesus could not be reached immediately Tuesday morning. He is scheduled to appear in court at the Daley Center on May 31.

Couple things here. 1) I’m really upset at myself for missing out on this deal. I guess I just assumed Baby Alligator’s were at least a couple of G’s. When we’re talking about Baby Alligators, 300 dollars is basically throw away money. And look, I don’t want to blame the Stoolies on this one but I will say this, now it’s clear, if you see a Baby Alligator on craigslist, you know I’m currently in the market. 2) What’s the deal with leachie gecko’s? If this guy is trading Baby Gators for Leachie Gecko’s then that means I’m clearly missing out on something here. Are they better than Gators? What’s their deal. Do they have some sweet power I am unaware of? Are they the “In” pet? I have a lot of questions and no answers.

So I guess if I had to some sum up  this entire blog post its this. I would like to purchase a Baby Alligator and Leachie Gecko, price negotiable.

PS
1-10 on the cute scale that picture I picked is a 1 trillion. Kind of impressed with myself. So fucking cute.