A Florida man allegedly bit off the head of a python during a domestic dispute, according to police.
On Monday, Miami-Dade police officers responded to a report of an argument between a couple at an apartment complex in Cutler Bay.
Officers could reportedly hear a fight between a man and a woman going on inside one of the units when they arrived. They knocked on the door repeatedly and gave orders for it to be opened, but no one answered, and the fight inside continued.
Officers heard the woman scream, “Just kick the door in,” which is exactly what they did.
Kevin Justin Mayorga, 32, reportedly blocked officers from opening the door and briefly held the woman against her will.
When they forced their way into the apartment, officers saw the woman about two feet from the door as Mayorga ran behind the door to close it.
Mayorga was tased by one officer after refusing orders to come out with his hands up, but it had little effect. Police then forcibly removed Mayorga from the apartment as he actively resisted.
He reportedly struck an officer in the face with his arm, which had a handcuff on it, when that officer tried to detain him. The impact caused an abrasion to the officer’s face.
After Mayorga was detained, police found a decapitated snake near the front door.
According to the woman, Mayorga bit the head off of the pet python during their argument.
Mayorga is facing charges of animal cruelty with intent to kill, false imprisonment, and resisting arrest. He was released Thursday on a $5,000 bond.
Frank Markland, professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine at the University of Southern California, told The Dallas Express that this python “must have been a juvenile snake because with full-grown pythons, he could not have gotten the head into his mouth.”
“Pythons do not have venom glands, so they are not poisonous,” he explained. “With a smaller snake, it would certainly be feasible for him to do what he did and not be poisoned, but as noted it would have had to be a relatively small python or he could not have gotten its head into his mouth.”
Meanwhile, crime has continued to rise throughout Dallas-Fort Worth in recent years.
Many local residents have vocalized a lack of trust in public safety in Dallas in particular, as The Dallas Express continues to report on the apparent failures of elected officials to make getting crime under control a top priority.
1. Dude is nuts
2. But not as nuts as a city voting D & then complaining about the results of D policy.
3. It’s not a “failure” when it’s done with intent; it’s a “success.”
You win the DA award. This is the best article ever from DE. KDS is equally goofy. Both are just what the rabid set needs to cope with living in a blue city. Go Big Blue, and I don’t mean maladjusted cops!
So a dude biting off a snake’s head is now the result of the Miami-Dade DA?
Hahahaha!
Man, you people are some dummies in here.
PS the murder rate in Dallas was actually higher in 2004 than in 2022. So some research and learn that this isn’t the first time Dallas has had a spike in crime.
New stats also show that red states have higher crime than blue states, so there’s that.
Domestic violence can now include biting off the head of a serpent?!! Bawahahahaha must have been a liberal household! Too bad the people who voted in the slithering demonrats in Dallas County are seeing a rise in crime. What do ya expect from serpents??
You know you can slither on up or down to another county.
Poor Maladjusted Fellow. Dallas is BLUE, GO BLUE AND I DON<T MEAN THE UNAPREHENDED KILLER COPS!> USA USA USA USA
Dude, do you have a reading comprehension disability or just not read the article? He bit the head off, which then caused the domestic dispute.
This is not the first time you have posted some comment that clearly didn’t coincide with the information in the article.
You clearly lack reading comprehension skills.
Since the State of Florida is fighting a battle against invasive pythons thrown into the wild by pet owners I would think this would be an act of heroism on the part of the guy who killed the snake before it had the opportunity to get loose and grow bigger. ”
As for Dallas I haven’t heard anyone doing anything about the dangerous cobra that was accidentally released in the Grand Prairie area of DFW. A far more dangerous snake that according to some studies can reproduce with other snakes. So are we looking at a new breed of cobra/cottonmouths that will become a sever danger to the public? .
What has:
“Meanwhile, crime has continued to rise throughout Dallas-Fort Worth in recent years.
“Many local residents have vocalized a lack of trust in public safety in Dallas in particular, as The Dallas Express continues to report on the apparent failures of elected officials to make getting crime under control a top priority.”
to do with the arrest of a person as a result of a domestic dispute in MIAMI, FLORIDA?
I see no crime here