The man was not arrested, but officers said they plan to send their reports to prosecuting attorneys for possible charges of illegal snake and alligator possession, and possible permit violations.
from articla I guessing that part of it was th illegal vemonous snakes, the gator, and the possible permit violations. I say if he just moved there recently he can play dumb and gett off with a warning and lost of the illegal reptiles ( possible get the other reptiles back) and a fine.

It not surpising that so amny people have a snake illegally since i know noone ever bothers to check for permits or turn the info in like thelaw requires. in such cases.