Poisonous Snakes, Alligator Removed From Home Where PA Man Died: Reports

BEAVER COUNTY, PA — Police in Aliquippa are investigating after a 23-year-old man was found dead in a home where there were more than 150 reptiles, including venomous snakes and an alligator.

The man's cause of death is under review, according to 6ABC-TV. Aliquippa police said the man had a bite mark on his wrist, but toxicologists added it was not a recent bite, the 6ABC report said.

Police responded to the home near the intersection of McMinn and Reed Streets on Tuesday, reports said.

Four adults and a three-year-old girl were living in the home, according to that report.

Code enforcement officer Jim Bologna told Jennifer Borraso of KDKA-TV that more than 150 reptiles were found in the home Tuesday, including about 60 caged snakes and an alligator. Bologna said the people living there were selling reptiles.

"They just moved here in the last two months,” he told KDKA.

Borraso reported that an exotic pet store, which works with the Beaver Co. Humane Society, took the venomous snakes and the alligator.