(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-01-16 16:45

Police in Long Island arrested a man Tuesday for walking on a highway with a 14-foot python.

Curtis Dewberry of Wading River, 35, was sighted wrapping the python around his body Tuesday afternoon by an officer for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at Suffolk County, Long Island.

The officer called police as he believed the python would be a danger to the public.

Dewberry has been charged with animal cruelty and failure to protect the public against dangerous wildlife.

He was being held Tuesday and didn't have a lawyer.