WLEX (Lexington, Kentucky) 11 April 08 More Charges At "Snake Home"

Campbellsville, KY Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife conservation officers arrested a Taylor County man Friday who was already facing 25 counts of illegally importing wildlife into Kentucky and possessing inherently dangerous animals, and charged him and his wife each with four counts of wanton endangerment and possession of a controlled substance.

36-year-old Freddy Stone and his wife, 37-year-old Amy, were lodged in the Taylor County Regional Jail under $50,000 cash bond each. Officers also arrested 31-year-old Carl Harris of Campbellsville, and charged him with possessing a controlled substance, possessing drug paraphernalia and interfering or obstructing an investigation.

The officers returned to the Stone residence with arrest warrants for the Stones, who allegedly kept six western diamondback rattlesnakes, a cobra, a gaboon viper, a timber rattlesnake and two alligators inside their residence. Their four children, ages 2 through 11, also stayed in the residence.

That's when the officers say discovered what appeared to be a quantity of a controlled substance and about $10,000 in cash. Officers also seized a 2006 Dodge extended cab pickup truck during the raid.

The Stones were scheduled to be arraigned in Taylor District Court Monday, April 14 on the previous charges.
More Charges At "Snake Home"

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