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Prankster charged for snake in mailbox

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FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., July 18 (UPI) -- A Farmington Hills, Mich., auto mechanic who thought it was a hoot to put a 6-foot boa constrictor in his mailbox faces up to six months in prison.

The letter carrier on his route was shocked when she opened the mailbox on July 7 and was confronted by the non-poisonous snake.

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James Mell doesn't think the stunt was so funny now that he faces federal criminal charges of obstructing the delivery of the U.S. mail, the Detroit News reports. He could be fined and sentenced to six months in prison, if convicted.

"I thought it was funny," Mell, 31, told the News, "Looking back on it, it isn't, and it wasn't."

Mell sent the postal carrier a letter of apology, saying he was sorry about pulling a prank a 10-year-old would do.

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