Man accused of housing reptiles to leave country

A Milwaukee man charged with sexual assault, false imprisonment and a dozen counts of mistreating animals is being allowed to leave the country to attend a reptile conference.

Terry Cullen, 62, was investigated in May 2010 after an Illinois woman accused him of sexual assault in February of that year. The criminal complaint states that a woman was promised an internship with Cullen, who claimed he was an expert on reptiles. The woman said Cullen sexually assaulted her in his home near 13th Street and Lincoln Avenue before driving her home the next day.

According to the 2010 criminal complaint, a search warrant served on two residences following the assault allegation turned up more than 200 animals, "most of which were exotic reptiles not native to Wisconsin, and a number of which were protected or endangered species under federal or state law."

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