5 Pythons, 4 Boas, Alligator Found in Brooklyn Home: Cops

Police executing a search warrant at a Brooklyn home Tuesday found five pythons, four boa constrictors and an alligator, authorities say. 

Police had gotten a tip that exotic animals were inside the Atlantic Avenue apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant and went to check it out shortly before 7:30 a.m.

The reptiles were taken to the Bronx Zoo.

Johnnie Morgan, 44, was arrested on charges of reckless endangerment, marijuana possession and violation of a local law against keeping exotic animals.

It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney.

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