Dallas Zoo missing monkeys: Man arrested in connection

DALLAS — Dallas Police have arrested a person in connection with the Tamarin monkeys kidnapped from the Dallas Zoo. 

According to sources, Davion Dwight Irvin was picked up Thursday afternoon not from the Dallas World Aquarium after Dallas Police had been advised he was in the Aquarium close to an animal habitat and testing the mesh enclosures.

Police had been searching for Irvin to speak to him after surveillance video from cameras on the zoo captured video of him close to the place the monkeys disappeared.

Sources stated Irvin was stopped not removed from the Dallas Aquarium after workers there advised officers what he was sporting.

He was taken to Dallas police headquarters and questioned.  

WFAA just lately reported the monkeys had been discovered in an empty church in Lancaster.

The pastor’s daughter, Tonya Thomas, advised WFAA that church members acknowledged him from the neighborhood and he would typically attend providers at their new church.

Thomas additionally stated that there had been a collection of break-ins on the empty church which was being renovated for use as a group heart. 

She stated when police arrived to analyze the prior burglaries they discovered birds, cats and different small animals. 

Thomas advised WFAA her father known as police and advised them they could need to examine the church as a result of they believed the person in the image was the one who may additionally be breaking into their outdated church.

Sources stated that primarily based on that information they started searching for Irvin and located him Thursday afternoon. 

He was been booked into the Dallas County Jail and charged with animal cruelty.

Police stated after they discovered the monkeys, they had been in a closet and the temperature contained in the constructing was 37 levels.

Sources inform WFAA that Irvin was noticed by zoo workers previous to the monkeys being kidnapped in areas which are for workers solely.  

They stated he was asking questions concerning the clouded leopard that disappeared about three weeks in the past after its cage had been lower. The leopard was ultimately discovered not removed from its cage. 

Around the identical time, a vulture was discovered with what seemed to be a stab wound and a few fish and different objects had been believed to have been stolen from the zoo.

Police sources inform WFAA they’re wanting into the chance that Irvin is linked to all of the incidents.