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Story summary
- Police used a drone to locate Victor Rivas after an alligator bit his arm while he fled a DWI stop in a swamp.
- Rivas, 40, was chased for reckless driving on Interstate 10 near Bonnabel Boulevard, jumped from Interstate 310 into the swamp, and was arrested in St. Charles Parish.
- He received treatment for non-life-threatening arm injuries, was booked on impaired-driving, resisting arrest, hit-and-run and careless-operation charges, and posted a $17,500 bond.
