RANDOLPH COUNTY, W.Va. — A West Virginia man is facing charges after officers with the state’s Natural Resources Police found 17 rattlesnakes inside his Randolph County home.
The agency received a tip that someone was taking snakes from a national forest and transporting them to a home nearby.
When officers investigated, they discovered the snakes inside the home of the suspect, who has not been publicly identified.
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He's been charged with two counts of illegal possession of a timber rattlesnake and possession of a rattlesnake less than 42 inches, which is illegal in West Virginia, according to a post on the agency's social media page.
In West Virginia, it’s only legal to have one rattlesnake in a home, and it must be 42 inches or longer.
Wildlife officers returned the snakes to dens near where they were caught.
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Posted by West Virginia Natural Resources Police on Monday, August 27, 2018
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