DAILY ITEM (Sunbury, Pennsylvania) 06 December 06 Woman's snakes sent to Hershey zoo
Shamokin: Five snakes held for more than a month as evidence at the Shamokin Police Department have been released by court order to a Hershey zoo.
Northumberland County Judge William H. Wiest said he signed an order to release the three rattlesnakes and two copperheads to Hershey Park Amusement Resort's ZooAmerica.
"It was an unusual request, but it's an unusual situation," Judge Wiest said.
The snakes had been held in a tank at the police station since the Oct. 25 arrest of Terry L. Jackson, 36, on charges of recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct.
The Shamokin woman, who owned the venomous snakes, was arrested after she held police at bay with the reptiles and a knife and ended up being bitten several times.
Ms. Jackson spent several days in critical condition at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, but has since been released. She is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing Tuesday before District Judge John Gembic III in Shamokin.
Woman's snakes sent to Hershey zoo

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