According to usatoday.com, twenty-two year-old Eric Fiezel was arrested on Tuesday for removing several baby albino boa constrictors from a pet store without paying for them. According to the police video, Fiezel took several of the baby snakes from their cages and placed them in his pants. He then returned later that evening and allegedly placed more snakes in his pants. A police line-up and a surveillance video assisted with the arrest of the suspect.
When I first read this article, I thought that the stupidity of the crime was hysterically funny and completely outlandish. All in all, it was a pleasant relief from reading about all of the destruction in the east cost due to Hurricane Irene. After a slight pondering, I was curious about the man who had found it necessary to steal snakes.
There had to be other ways of containing the wiggly little creatures. Why in the world would he think it necessary to stick snakes into his pants? This actually leads to a bigger question: Why was he stealing snakes in the first place? According to the article, Fiezel was selling the stolen snakes to another pet shop and had already received $175.00 from the sale. Therefore, obviously, he was simply being greedy. Why else but for money would a person be willing to put snakes down their pants?
I would like to hope, that since Eric Fiezel had being caught on tape with such an outlandish crime, also with all the teasing that his family has probably given him that he reforms his ways. I hope a valuable lesson was learned. Crime doesn't pay and snakes don't belong in your pants.
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