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Man Arrested After Large Amounts Of Dead Rats Found Along Trail

Posted: 4:35 pm EDT June 20, 2008

An investigation into a rat dumping first reported last week has ended in an arrest.

Marion County investigators say they arrested Christopher Stephens after a tip from one of his former business partners. Stephens is accused of dumping several large containers, each full of hundreds of dead rats.

A jogger made the disturbing discovery along Southwest 114th Street. The suspect's business partner says they had been in a reptile business that went under.

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