UPDATE: Police believe 24-year-old Davion Irvin was also responsible for damaging zoo enclosures housing langur monkeys and a clouded leopard.
Davion Irvin, 24, was arrested Thursday and initially charged with being the alleged monkey-napper who swiped a pair of rareBy Friday afternoon, cops had also fingered him in other odd crimes at the zoo, accusing him of cutting enclosures housing langur monkeys and a clouded leopard. The leopard briefly escaped.
When the clouded leopard went missing, a zoo employee told police that Irvin had asked “obscure” questions about animals during a recent visit, the affidavit said. “It’s been an unbelievable three weeks for all of us here at the zoo,” he said Friday. “We’re determined to make sure we do everything we can to not let this happen again.”were found unharmed at an abandoned home owned by a church in Lancaster, Texas, on Tuesday just over a day after zoo officials found the animals gone and their enclosure “intentionally compromised.”
Bella and Finn were found in at home owned by the Family Center Church of God in Christ, which was closed to the public for renovations,The pastor’s daughter, Tonya Thomas, told the station that Irvin was recognized by churchgoers when Dallas police released the securityThomas said the building was broken into recently, with cops arriving to find chickens, birds, cats, and other small animals there when they responded.
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