Rome Police arrested an intoxicated man on Broad Street on Saturday after they say he was chasing people with a dead snake.  Eyewitnesses say that Joshua Michael Elijah Smith had a dead snake and was attempting to hit people in the face with it.  Smith was reportedly yelling vulgarities and profanity at people as he attempted to hit them with the snake.  Smith admitted to police that he had drank six beers before the snake incident. He is charged with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.

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