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Mardi Gras results in hundreds of parking tickets in Mobile

Police in Mobile say they issued more than 400 parking tickets in connection with three Mardi Gras parades held Friday and Saturday.

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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2017 file photo, revelers scream for beads during the Krewe of Endymion Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. The rest of America may be winding down from Christmas and New Year’s. But in New Orleans, another party is about to get started. Mardi Gras season kicks off Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

MOBILE, Ala. — Celebrating Mardi Gras is proving costly for hundreds of people cited for illegal parking on the Alabama coast.

Police in Mobile say they issued more than 400 parking tickets in connection with three Mardi Gras parades held Friday and Saturday. In addition, a total of 52 vehicles got towed, al.com reported.

Police estimate more than 152,000 people turned out in Mobile for parades held by the Conde Cavaliers, the Bayport Parading Society and the Pharaohs and Conde Explorers. A total of seven people were arrested on misdemeanor charges, while three others were charged with felonies.

Mobile's Mardi Gras celebration is scheduled to continue Thursday with a parade by the Order of the Polka Dots.

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