Rattlesnake case leads to prison time for Casper man

Rattlesnake case leads to prison time for Casper man

CASPER, Wyo. — A Casper man’s desire to build a showpiece collection of venomous snakes led to an investigation and ultimately prison time on a parole revocation. Lee Alex Yates, 51, pleaded guilty in circuit court last Thursday to two counts of failure to obtain an importation/possession permit for two prairie rattlesnakes he said he found on the road out to Alcova, according to a Wyoming Game and Fish officer’s affidavit. The snakes were found…