{"id":604631,"date":"2023-02-03T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/03\/man-accused-of-stealing-monkeys-from-the-dallas-zoo-was-arrested-while-lurking-in-aquarium\/"},"modified":"2023-02-03T16:07:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T22:07:00","slug":"man-accused-of-stealing-monkeys-from-the-dallas-zoo-was-arrested-while-lurking-in-aquarium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/03\/man-accused-of-stealing-monkeys-from-the-dallas-zoo-was-arrested-while-lurking-in-aquarium\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Accused Of Stealing MONKEYS From The Dallas Zoo Was Arrested While Lurking In Aquarium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man accused of stealing monkeys from the Dallas<\/strong><\/a> Zoo has been arrested, allegedly while lurking in the aquarium, possibly to case out his next animal thievery.<\/p>\n

On\u00a0Tuesday, Davion Irvin<\/strong>, who by then had been identified as a person on interest in the monkey heist, was eventually caught at the Dallas Aquarium,\u00a0the police department told the New York Post<\/strong><\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n

Man Steals Monkeys From Dallas Zoo, Gets Nabbed While Casing Aquarium<\/h3>\n
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\u201cA gentleman who would later be identified as Davion Dwight Irvin stopped an employee of the Dallas World Aquarium to ask questions regarding one of our animals,\u201d an aquarium spokesman told The Post.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The spokesperson went on to say that \u201cthe employee immediately recognized Mr. Irvin from prior reporting on the incident involving the suspected theft of two emperor tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Davion Irvin (24) is charged in connection to the missing monkeys at the @DallasZoo<\/a>. @DallasPD<\/a> received a tip that Irvin was at the Dallas World Aquarium, Thursday, near the animal exhibits. Police are investigating whether he\u2019s connected to the zoo\u2019s other criminal cases. @FOX4<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/AR6OXx7pkt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 David Sentendrey (@DavidSFOX4) February 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The employee rushed to call the police, but by the time officers arrived, the 24-year-old had already left and headed towards a light rail train.<\/p>\n

He was later arrested in Downtown Dallas, the outlet reports.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Irvin\u00a0has been charged with six counts of animal cruelty for kidnapping the small, white-bearded monkeys.<\/p>\n

Animals Recovered Safely Earlier This Week, Suspect Accused Of Also Killing Endangered Vulture<\/h3>\n

The animals were safely recovered earlier this week from their cages at located at an abandoned home in Lancaster a day after the theft, according to the zoo.<\/p>\n

It remains unclear if Irvin is similarly responsible for several other strange occurrences at the zoo, which includes the death of an endangered vulture.<\/p>\n

Zoo personnel located the bird, named Pin, on January 21 after his enclosure had been broke into.<\/p>\n

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An arrest has been made in the missing monkeys case from the Dallas Zoo. Our @rlopezwfaa<\/a> says Davion Dwight Irvin was found Thursday near the Dallas World Aquarium where he was checking out the mesh enclosures. Working to see if he’s connected to the other Dallas Zoo incidents pic.twitter.com\/qr3pdLKZtW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Megan Mitchell (@megan1mitchell) February 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve been in the zoo profession over 30-plus years, and never had a situation like what happened Saturday. It\u2019s unprecedented and very disturbing,\u201d zoo president Gregg Hudson said of the incident.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The animal refuge had even offered a $10,000 reward for any information leading to Pin\u2019s demise. That figure eventually ballooned to $25,000 after the monkeys were kidnapped from the zoo.<\/p>\n

Suspect Booked In Dallas County Jail Also Accused Of Letting Big Cat Outside Of Its Enclosure<\/h3>\n

Sometime before the bird\u2019s death, a leopard was seen outside of its habitat. Zoo officials say someone cut the enclosure on purpose for a clouded leopard name Nova.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe investigation into all cases at the zoo is ongoing and further charges are possible,\u201d the cops said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Irvin was booked into Dallas County Jail.<\/p>\n

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A man accused of stealing monkeys from the Dallas Zoo has been arrested, allegedly while lurking in the aquarium, possibly to case out his next animal thievery. On\u00a0Tuesday, Davion Irvin, who by then had been identified as a person on interest in the monkey heist, was eventually caught at the Dallas Aquarium,\u00a0the police department told […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[549,534,30121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-604631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accused","category-financial","category-stealing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}