VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — An Enterprise man has been accused of killing his pet python. According to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, Patrick Grimaldi, 64, is charged with felony animal cruelty.

Residents of the St. Augustine neighborhood are scrambling to figure out what to do with all the pythons, which likely escaped or are released pets.

An ambulance crew captured a live, ball python snake in Hilo and turned it in to authorities. The crew from American Medical Response found the snake — measuring about 4 feet long and weighing ...