Like Henry Walton Jones, we're not very fond of snakes—we're particularly terrified of finding one in the toilet. So why anyone would willingly live with them, let alone sleep mere feet away from them, boggles our minds. But one Putnam County couple did just that, living with 75 snakes, including 56 poisonous ones—and now, police suspect that one of those snakes killed one of the owners. “One of the strangest things I’ve ever dealt with since becoming sheriff of Putnam County,” Donald Smith told CBS. more ›

Putnam County resident Robert Viggiano has not been having a good time recently: ever since his namesake, who lives in the same town as him, was arraigned on charges this week of attempted child rape, he hasn't been able to sleep. Viggiano, 48, runs Robert L. Viggiano Plumbing & Heating Inc. in Cold Springs; the other Viggiano, 47, is an electrician who owns Energy Services of New York, and is accused of trying to arrange sex with a 10-year-old girl. And its turning into a living nightmare: "It's had a bad effect on us. People calling up questioning, thinking it may have been me." said Viggiano. more ›

What do you do when you've knocked back a few beers, your husband's more soused than you are, and you've got five kids crammed into a mid-sized sedan to take care of? Why, you start driving everyone home, of course! At least, that's if your name is Susan Kristofferson. WCBS reports the 39-year-old Putnam County mother was arrested early Monday morning for drunk driving and child endangerment as she headed home with her family from a festival, making her the county's second DWI mom this week. A deputy sheriff pulled Kristofferson over because of her broken headlight, but things got complicated when he smelled alcohol. Kristofferson offered this touching explanation of her Solomon-like predicament: "My husband was 10 times drunker than I was. I had two kids left with me that weren't even mine that I had no intention of driving home in the first place. It was either let my husband drive and kill everybody or leave those two kids abandoned." That, or, ya know, call a cab. Still, even if she says she had no choice but drive drunk, Kristofferson's not going to let these charges stand because "the evidence against her is circumstantial." Sure, her blood alcohol tested above the legal limit and, sure, she failed sobriety tests in front of everyone in the car, but, pssht—what could that possibly prove? more ›