Cook County Sheriff's deputies evicting residents from a Grand Boulevard neighborhood home found a three-foot python inside the bathroom, and were forced to evict it as well.
The sheriff's Eviction Unit was enforcing a court-ordered eviction in the 500 block of East Bowen Avenue at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday when officers found a python in a bathroom aquarium, according to a statement from the sheriff's office.
No one was home when the eviction unit arrived and the city's Department of Animal Care and Control was called to the unoccupied apartment to remove the snake, sheriff's police said. The Burmese python was not injured.
State law prohibits owning dangerous animals -- including poisonous and life-threatening reptiles, authorities said. The city also has an ordinance prohibiting dangerous animals.
It was not immediately known if the snake owners would be cited or charged.
On Feb. 27, the eviction unit found a two-foot alligator in an aquarium in the 4500 block of West George Street, sheriff's police said. Again, no one was home at the time.
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Mayor Emanuel will celebrate two years in office by unveiling "Elevate Chicago" on Thursday, a series of construction projects to improve Navy Pier and McCormick Place.
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Just as Oscar host Seth MacFarlane set his sights on a variety of targets with a mixture of hits and misses, the motion picture academy spread the gold around to a varied slate of films.
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The Chicago Board of Education made its final decision Wednesday afternoon - to close 48 Chicago Public Schools in June, with one school delayed a year and to save five others.
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Illinois public schools that teach sex education will have to include information about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases instead of a curriculum focused on abstinence.
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The attorney for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told Chicago jurors on Wednesday that the "Apprentice" star lied on the witness stand.
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