Teh One Who Knocks
08-25-2011, 01:16 PM
by Alex Ferri - The Arizona Republic
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A Mesa man was arrested on theft charges after police said he was caught on video trying to steal an Albino Boa Constrictor and other exotic reptiles by stuffing them down his pants.
Eric Fiegel, 22, was arrested at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday after police reviewed surveillance footage from a pet shop that shows a man stealing baby albino boa constrictors July 30 from Predator's Reptile Center in Mesa by placing them in his pants and exiting the store, according to Mesa police.
Police said he reportedly entered the store, removed several baby snakes from their cage, and exited without paying. He allegedly returned later in the evening and left with several more snakes hidden in his pants, police reported.
According to police, Fiegel then traveled to another pet store and traded several of the snakes for $175 and a large reptile tank valued at $175.
A witness obtained a license plate number which police used to locate Fiegel.
Fiegel was later positively identified from a police lineup by two witnesses and also from the surveillance footage that showed him placing the snakes in his pants, according to a police report.
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A Mesa man was arrested on theft charges after police said he was caught on video trying to steal an Albino Boa Constrictor and other exotic reptiles by stuffing them down his pants.
Eric Fiegel, 22, was arrested at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday after police reviewed surveillance footage from a pet shop that shows a man stealing baby albino boa constrictors July 30 from Predator's Reptile Center in Mesa by placing them in his pants and exiting the store, according to Mesa police.
Police said he reportedly entered the store, removed several baby snakes from their cage, and exited without paying. He allegedly returned later in the evening and left with several more snakes hidden in his pants, police reported.
According to police, Fiegel then traveled to another pet store and traded several of the snakes for $175 and a large reptile tank valued at $175.
A witness obtained a license plate number which police used to locate Fiegel.
Fiegel was later positively identified from a police lineup by two witnesses and also from the surveillance footage that showed him placing the snakes in his pants, according to a police report.