Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe BUSHNELL, Fla., June 19 (UPI) -- A man accused of stealing poisonous snakes from a shed in Bushnell, Fla., has been hospitalized after he was bitten by the reptiles. Sumter County sheriff's investigators said employees at a Bushnell Wal-Mart spotted Jonathan Lafever bleeding from his wounds at the store and authorities called to the scene found five poisonous snakes in the trunk of his car, WKMG-TV, Orlando, reported Tuesday. Advertisement Authorities said the owner of the snakes was contacted and identified the reptiles as two Rock rattlesnakes, a Honduran Milk snake, a butter rat snake and a southern hognose snake. A sheriff's report says Lafever admitted to taking the animals from a shed that was labeled "Poisonous Snakes." Lafever was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition. Authorities said he has not yet been arrested because of his hospitalization.
