Authorities believe the reptile could be close to 100 years old, the television station reported.
Officers from the Jupiter Police Department responded to a call from a business owner at the Jupiter Commerce Park, the Sun-Sentinel reported.
“The call came in that somebody spotted a gator so we responded to the area and realized it was a pretty big gator,’’ Kristin Rightler, a public information officer for Jupiter Police, told the newspaper.
The department posted photographs on its Facebook page of officers and wildlife officials capturing the alligator, which was transported to a "safe place" and released, WPEC reported.
Photos of the reptile have been shared more than 900 times on Facebook.
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