An arrest-warrant affidavit provided more details into how authorities connected a suspect, Davion Irvin, 24, to some of the incidents in the last month at the zoo.
Irvin faces six charges of animal cruelty and two charges of burglary. His bail was set at $25,000, according to jail records.
Police found no other signs of entry in the tamarin monkey enclosure. In addition, they said no cameras would have observed the nabbing, and a key was not needed to enter the general area. Since the incident, the zoo was closed from Monday to Friday as a winter storm enveloped North Texas. It reopened on Saturday to normal operating hours.police later identified as Irvin, asked staff members common and obscure questions about several animals at the zoo, including the clouded leopard, the bearded emperor tamarins and a newly born Gibbon monkey, the affidavit said.
The son told police that multiple church congregants said Irvin “was known to frequent” the vacant house adjacent to and owned by the church. The affidavit said police spoke with the pastor and gained his consent to search the area.
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