The manhunt for two escaped kangaroos had a bittersweet ending.Jacob Brown was on his way to work around 5:40 a.m. when he spotted a kangaroo hopping down eastb
Jacob Brown was on his way to work around 5:40 a.m. when he spotted a kangaroo hopping down eastbound I-40 near Coulter Street.ABC 7 News Brown lost sight of the kangaroo as it hopped the divider wall and into the westbound lanes.
“When I turned onto the service road, I saw it crossing from afar. As I got closer, it started crossing I-40 and I lost sight ,” said Brown.So where did the kangaroo come from and what eventually happened to it?It turns out, two kangaroos did escape from Rick Looby's exotic animal farm on the west side of Amarillo.
"A gate latch got left open yesterday," said Looby on Facebook. "Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused anybody."Sheriff Brian Thomas toldIt was too injured to save and had to be put down by a deputy.This is not the first time Looby's kangaroos made headlines.He offered a $3,000 reward for information that led to the arrest of the two suspects.
A week later, a woman named Crystal McKinney posted a photo of Christopher Potts on Facebook. Potts had taken a selfie with a kangaroo in his back seat.According to court records, Potts and Megan Sandefer were arrested on October 6, 2021 for theft of property greater than or equal to $2,500 but less than $30,000."I know this much, the truth always comes to light," said Sandefer in a Facebook post after her arrest.
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