Employees of a Golden Gate pet store suspected something slippery when a woman came in Tuesday and tried to sell rare snakes .Sheriff’s reports say Daisy Alonso, 34, entered Pets Plus, 5535 Golden Gate Parkway, around 5:50 p.m., approached the cash register and attempted to sell three rare baby snakes packaged in small containers.
Employees told deputies that Alonso was offering the snakes _ a refescens sand boa worth $350, a sharp tail sand boa worth $250 and a speckled mex mex worth $250 _ for half their price, reports said.
Employee Barbara McDonald, 35, told deputies that she thought it was suspicious that Alonso brought the snakes in labeled containers, which she recognized as belonging to a local wholesale pet store, reports said.
Further investigation by deputies revealed that Alonso had stolen the snakes from Reptile Industries, 2271 Rock Road, where she is an employee, reports said.
Employees of Reptile Industries told deputies that the three snakes had returned earlier Tuesday from a snake show out of state and that Alonso was in charge of completing the inventory on the snakes before they were placed back in their habitats, reports said. They noted Alonso was alone in the inventory room most of the day, reports said.
Alonso, 1747 Sunshine Blvd., Golden Gate, was arrested and charged with grand theft and dealing in stolen property.
