News Source: Herald Tribune
| 25 days ago
Justin Matthews, 47, is charged with misusing a 911 emergency system, a third-degree felony, and maintaining captive wildlife in an unsafe manner, a second-degree misdemeanor, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. Published:...
News Source: Herald Tribune
| 25 days ago
Justin Matthews of Matthews Wildlife Rescue, left, is assisted by Shawn Eckert as they handle a 14-foot Burmese python at Bayshore Animal Hospital in Bradenton on Monday...Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 12:09 p.m. A Bradenton man who...
News Source: Bradenton Herald
| 25 days ago
A well-known Bradenton nuisance-animal trapper, who admitted to staging the capture of a 14-foot python on July 25, has been arrested on charges stemming from the hoax. Justin Matthews, 47, faces a felony charge of misuse of a 911 emergency system...
News Source: Reuters
| 25 days ago
A man who caught a 14-foot python in a Florida drain pipe was charged with perpetrating a hoax after wildlife officers discovered he owned the snake and put it in the pipe in order to stage the capture. Justin Matthews, a professional animal trapper,...