Deputy wrestles 7-foot gator away from Lake County school

Deputy Jessica McGregor detains gator trying to get through fence at school

Published On: Mar 22 2013 03:00:22 PM EDT   Updated On: Mar 22 2013 09:25:38 PM EDT
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CLERMONT -

A Lake County sheriff's deputy is in the spotlight on Friday after deputies say she wrestled a 7-foot alligator away from a Clermont school.

Deputy Jessica McGregor, 29, wrestled the gator that was trying to get through a chain-link fence at Clermont Middle School as students and faculty were getting ready to exit the school for the day.

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The gator was taken away from the school and released.

McGregor, a mother of two, was not injured in the incident.

McGregor has been a deputy with the agency since 2007.

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