WMDT (Salisbury, Maryland) March 05 Officials seize seven poisonous snakes
Silver Spring, Md. (AP): Officials seized seven poisonous snakes from a home in Silver Spring last night.
The snakes included two Gaboon Vipers, two Florida Cottonmouths, one Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, one Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake and one Copperhead. The Gaboon Viper's poison can kill a human within 15 minutes.
Specialists took the snakes to the Catoctin Mountain Zoo.
Maryland Natural Resources police officials seized all written records pertaining to the snakes.
The snakes' owner, Matthew W- Johnston, was charged with five counts of importing poisonous snakes into the state and other charges.
A preliminary hearing has been set for April fourth in Montgomery County.
Officials seize seven poisonous snakes