Photo: Oklahoma Sheriff's Office
Things you can find in a stolen car: a gun, an open container of booze, a live rattlesnake and a canister of radioactive powdered uranium. It happened in Guthrie, Oklahoma and police are still trying to figure it out.
The incident occurred at the end of last month but has only gone public the other day. KFOR spoke to Guthrie police Sgt. Anthony Gibbs, who says they’re yet to charge the man for being in possession of the uranium or, for that matter, determine what he planned to do with it.
By all means, this should have been a routine traffic stop. A cop pulled over the Ford over an expired tag and was shocked to find a terrarium in the backseat, housing a live Timber rattlesnake. That was just the beginning: he then discovered the open bottle of whiskey (Kentucky Deluxe, in case you’re curious), and a gun in the console.
Then, as the officer learned the car had been reported stolen, he found the canister of uranium in the back. Neither the driver, Stephen Jennings, nor his passenger, Rachel Rivera, would provide a suitable explanation for it.
“Stephen Jennings is charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, transporting an open container of liquor, operating a vehicle with a suspended license, and failure to carry security verification form,” KFOR says. “Rachael Rivera is charged with possession of a firearm after a former felony conviction.”
Police are yet to determine what the uranium was for and where it had been purchased. They can’t charge Jennings for the rattlesnake because the man has hunting and fishing license and the incident happened in full rattlesnake season.
“The uranium is the wild card in that situation,” Sgt. Gibbs says for the media outlet. “It happens to be rattlesnake season at the time, so he can be in possession of this rattlesnake because he has a valid lifetime hunting and fishing license.”
By all means, this should have been a routine traffic stop. A cop pulled over the Ford over an expired tag and was shocked to find a terrarium in the backseat, housing a live Timber rattlesnake. That was just the beginning: he then discovered the open bottle of whiskey (Kentucky Deluxe, in case you’re curious), and a gun in the console.
Then, as the officer learned the car had been reported stolen, he found the canister of uranium in the back. Neither the driver, Stephen Jennings, nor his passenger, Rachel Rivera, would provide a suitable explanation for it.
“Stephen Jennings is charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, transporting an open container of liquor, operating a vehicle with a suspended license, and failure to carry security verification form,” KFOR says. “Rachael Rivera is charged with possession of a firearm after a former felony conviction.”
Police are yet to determine what the uranium was for and where it had been purchased. They can’t charge Jennings for the rattlesnake because the man has hunting and fishing license and the incident happened in full rattlesnake season.
“The uranium is the wild card in that situation,” Sgt. Gibbs says for the media outlet. “It happens to be rattlesnake season at the time, so he can be in possession of this rattlesnake because he has a valid lifetime hunting and fishing license.”
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