Source: HerpDigest, Volume 9, Issue 36, 08/12/09:



3) Man Who Owned Snake That Killed 2-Year Old Arrested On Drug Charges ABCActionNews 8/7/09



OXFORD, FL -- The man whose pet snake killed his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter last month has been arrested on drug-related charges.



Deputies arrested 32-year-old Charles Darnell Friday afternoon following a one week investigation. According to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, undercover detectives bought cocaine from Darnell in front of his home on two separate occasions.



It's the same home where Darnell's 8 1/2 foot python strangled girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter, Shaiunna Hare, to death in July.



Darnell was pulled over just after 5 pm at the Bob's Jiffy Mart on Highway 44, where Darnell was taken into custody.



He is charged with two counts of sale of cocaine, two counts of possession of cocaine with intent to sell, two counts of unlawful use of a two-way communication device and two counts of keep shop for dangerous drugs.



He is in the Sumter County Jail on a $110,000 bond.



Prosecutors haven't decided whether Darnell or the girl's mother, Jaren Hare, should be charged with wrongdoing Shaiunnna's death.



At the time Darell told deputies he put the snake in an unlocked cage the night before, then found the snake in the bed on top of the girl when he woke up, according to authorities.



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On a side note, I just heard today that another infant has died here in Central Texas from being left locked in a car unattended. I think that is the second one this summer. It's only been over 100 degrees here for over 50 days so far this year. Who to blame this on? Perhaps the car?

jsc
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