Story highlights Joshua James is accused of throwing an alligator in a drive-thru window

He's charged with aggravated assault and unlawful possession and transportation of an alligator

(CNN) It's all fun and games until someone tosses an alligator through the drive-thru window.

Let's just say the folks at Wendy's and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were not amused.

A South Florida man was taken into custody after he was accused of placing an order at the fast-food restaurant in Royal Palm Beach, taking his drink and then pitching in a three-and-a-half foot gator when the server turned around.

"He's a prankster," his mom Linda James told CNN affiliate WPTV . "He does stuff like this because he thinks it's funny."

It's not so funny now.

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