Python was a law-abiding fellow
2008-06-17 19:16
Bridgeport - Police said they arrested a man after he ordered his pet to attack two officers. Luckily for them, 2.7m-long pythons are not very obedient.
Bridgeport police Lieutenant. James Viadero said 21-year-old Victor Rodriguez was charged with threatening police and disorderly conduct after Monday's incident. No one was hurt.
Officers were called to Rodriguez's apartment on a report that he was threatening his girlfriend with the pet reptile.
Viadero says that when the building superintendent opened the apartment door for the officers, Rodriguez allegedly threatened them with the snake and told it to "Get them!"
Rodriguez and his pet were both taken away: Rodriguez to jail on a $10 000 bail, and the albino python to the city's animal control shelter.
- SAPA