Police say suspects tried to steal snake from woman

Police say the suspects ordered her to give them the snake but ran off when she threw it back in her truck.


HOUSTON — Houston police are trying to identify a couple of guys who allegedly tried to steal a woman's snake at gunpoint. The whole thing was caught on surveillance video.

The victim said she placed an online ad to sell the snake and a woman contacted her and said she wanted to buy it. The caller told the seller to meet her at an apartment complex on Clearwood Drive near Edgebrook Drive and the Gulf Freeway.


The victim was at the complex on Oct. 2 where she was talking to the buyer on the phone. That's when the two suspects ambushed her, pulled out a gun and ordered her to give them the snake. Instead, she threw it back in her truck and they ran off on foot.

The victim told police she thinks the woman who said she wanted to buy the snake set the whole thing up.

Investigators with the HPD robbery division are hoping surveillance video will lead to the identity of the suspects.


If you recognize them or have any other information in this case, please call Crime Stoppers of Houston directly at 713-222-TIPS (8477). Information leading to the charging and/or arrest of any felony suspects may result in a cash reward up to $5,000. Tipsters must contact Crime Stoppers directly to remain anonymous and to be considered for the reward or submit an online tip at www.crime-stoppers.org or through the Crime Stoppers mobile app.


Police advise anyone trying to sell items to meet the potential buyer in a public place like a police or fire station.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/cr...to%20buy%20it.

File this under 'yet another reason to only use PMs for sales inquiries, and research the heck out of anyone you are set to meet in an alley'.

I like the 'meet at the police station' idea.

Originally Posted by Socratic Monologue

I like the 'meet at the police station' idea.

I work at a police dept and we get a lot of sales, kid exchange done in parking lot. We had one woman come in screaming her ex hit her in parking lot. Quick review of the 3 cameras aimed right at them showed she attacked him and he kept his arms up the entire time. Took her 3 days before she could bond out.