--- title: Florida Man Threw Alligator Into Wendy's Drive-Thru Window description: Joshua James told investigators he had picked up the alligator on the side of the road. canonical: https://time.com/4213673/florida-alligator-arrested-wendys-drive-thru/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-09T15:29:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:50.546Z og:title: Man Arrested for Throwing Alligator Into Drive-Thru Window og:description: Joshua James told investigators he had picked up the alligator on the side of the road og:url: https://time.com/4213673/florida-alligator-arrested-wendys-drive-thru/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Arrested for Throwing Alligator Into Drive-Thru Window twitter:description: Joshua James told investigators he had picked up the alligator on the side of the road twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Florida Man Arrested for Throwing Alligator Into Drive-Thru Window by [Shamar Walters / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Shamar Walters / NBC News Feb 9, 2016 3:29 PM CUT by [Shamar Walters / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Shamar Walters / NBC News Feb 9, 2016 3:29 PM CUT A Florida man who allegedly hurled an alligator through a Wendy’s drive-thru window has been taken into custody, [records showed](http://www.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=blotter "undefined"). Joshua James, 23, faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, petit theft, and unlawful possession of an alligator, according to Palm Beach County Jail records. He allegedly threw the 3-and-a-half foot reptile through the drive-thru window after being served a large drink in Loxahatchee, according to an incident report from Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. James told investigators he had picked up the alligator on the side of the road and brought it to the fast-food restaurant, according… [_Read the rest of this story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/joshua-james-arrested-allegedly-throwing-gator-through-wendy-s-drive-n514377?cid=par-time%5F20160209 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4213673/florida-alligator-arrested-wendys-drive-thru/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4213673/florida-alligator-arrested-wendys-drive-thru/"},"headline":"Florida Man Arrested for Throwing Alligator Into Drive-Thru Window","datePublished":"2016-02-09T15:29:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:50.546Z","description":"Joshua James told investigators he had picked up the alligator on the side of the road","url":"https://time.com/4213673/florida-alligator-arrested-wendys-drive-thru/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","viral","Courts","Florida","Fast Food"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Shamar Walters / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4213673/florida-alligator-arrested-wendys-drive-thru/","name":"Florida Man Arrested for Throwing Alligator Into Drive-Thru Window"}}]}] ```