Boa constrictor found in owner’s home

BINGHAMTON, New York (AP): six-foot-long boa constrictor reported loose in Binghamton, New York, was found — beneath the owner’s kitchen sink.

A Facebook post by the Broome County Humane Society on behalf of the owner said the pet snake escaped its enclosure earlier this week and was last seen near the high school.

The county office of emergency services issued a statement Tuesday saying people should “exercise caution and keep small children and small animals away” if they came across the snake.

ABut on Wednesday morning, the reptile’s owner told local media that Bella the boa had apparently never left his apartment building and was found safe in his kitchen. DOVER, Delware (AP): elaware’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a felon convicted on gun charges after accepting a Facebook friend request from an undercover police officer. A court panel on Tuesday said a detective’s viewing of 40-year-old Terrance Everett’s Facebook page did not violate constitutional prohibitions against illegal searches.

Everett was sentenced as a habitual offender last year to 15 years in prison after being convicted of possession of a firearm by a person prohibited.

Everett was arrested in 2015 after accepting a friend request about two years earlier from a detective using a fictitious Facebook profile.

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