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Tutu-wearing monkey picked up near highway in 'bananas situation'
Sheriff’s deputies in Missouri say they responded to a “bananas situation” on Monday when they responded to a report of a subject “monkeying around.”
In an unusual police stop, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said they discovered a spider monkey wearing a pink-colored tutu near Route 21 and Highway M in eastern Missouri. Spider monkeys are typically found in tropical forests of Central and South America.
In a light-hearted post on X, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said that first-responding units found the subject “naked except for what appeared to be a tutu.”
“After careful negotiations, deputies were able to get close enough to go ‘hands-on’ with the subject and bring this bananas situation under control without incident,” the law enforcement agency wrote.
Sheriff’s deputies in Missouri discovered a spider monkey wearing a tutu near Route 21 on Monday. (Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office)
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Officials said the exotic primate was staying at a nearby home when it managed to open a door and get outside.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office posted several pictures of its deputies with the black-colored monkey. In one heart-warming image, a deputy is holding hands with the animal.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office posted several pictures of its deputies with the black-colored monkey. In one heart-warming image, a deputy is holding hands with the primate. (Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office)
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“In all seriousness, this is a great example of law enforcement officers never knowing what they’ll face on any given call and having to be prepared to handle whatever the job throws at them,” the post continues.
“Deputies surrounded the animal and eventually got it back to its caretaker. Nice work by everyone involved. What a day in #JeffCo.”
A permit is required to own a spider monkey in Missouri.
The spider monkey was discovered wearing a punk tutu. (Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office)
The news comes days after a spider monkey dressed in a onesie was discovered by police in California.
A California Highway Patrol official stopped a 2022 Rolls-Royce Ghost in Madera County last week for excessive speeding on Highway 99 and found the monkey in the car.
Meanwhile, in November, 43 rhesus macaque monkeys escaped a testing facility in South Carolina. A majority of them were recaptured.
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Michigan police are investigating the mysterious drowning death of a father of two and Navy veteran who was last seen with family at a popular vacation spot in Frankenmuth – a Bavarian-inspired town between Saginaw and Flint.
The Frankenmuth Police Department (FPD) and its dive teams found and recovered Robert Loren Bacon, 52, from the Cass River near Heritage Park on Jan. 4.
Bacon’s ex-wife, Melissa McLenna, said Bacon was last seen on Dec. 27 around 7:20 p.m. at the Bavarian Inn Lodge, where he had been attending a family gathering.
“Was going to his car to get something and was coming back to the pool area to join his family,” McLenna wrote on Facebook on Dec. 29. “He never returned to his family at the pool. Cell phone is going straight to voicemail.”
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A Michigan dad has been found dead in a river after he went to get something in his car on Dec. 27. (Facebook)
The FPD said Bacon’s family reported the 52-year-old missing on Dec. 30.
Following an extensive search involving multiple law enforcement entities and teams, along with search dogs and drones, authorities found Bacon in the Cass River and determined his preliminary cause of death to be drowning.
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Bacon was last seen alive on Dec. 27 at the Bavarian Inn Lodge, where he had been attending a family gathering. (Google Maps)
A final determination from the Saginaw County Medical Examiner’s Office is pending.
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The Frankenmuth Police Department and its dive teams found and recovered Robert Loren Bacon, 52, from the Cass River near Heritage Park on Jan. 4. (Google Maps)
Police continue to investigate Bacon’s death.
“I have no words to describe how we feel we are so sad [sic] I just want to say thank you to everyone that helped look for Robert thank you to all that prayed for us and that are continuing to pray for us [sic],” McLenna wrote on Facebook on Jan. 4.
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(CBS DETROIT) – Detroit Lions hats are now temporarily part of the Detroit Police Department’s attire.
Chief Todd A. Bettison announced Wednesday that officers can wear either a Detroit Lions skullcap or ballcap when they are in uniform. It’s just one of the ways that community leaders and fans are showing support for the Lions as the NFL playoffs continue.
“Congratulations to the Lions on their historic season! Go Lions!!” the department’s Facebook post said.
The Lions took a 31-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, which gave them home-field advantage and the top seed in the NFC playoffs. The team currently has a bye week for the divisional round during the weekend of Jan. 18.
The Super Bowl is on Feb. 9.
On Monday, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard authorized his staff to wear Lions baseball caps and beanies through the playoff run. The Spirit of Detroit statue also has been attired in a Honolulu blue Lions jersey.
The newest “tourist attraction” in Milwaukee is the abandoned boat stuck since October at Bradford Beach. With 60 Google Reviews as of Thursday and listed as a “tourist attraction” on Google Maps, the location lovingly named “The Minnow” – a reference to the S.S. Minnow of Gilligan’s Island notoriety – has a perfect 5-star rating.
Nate Weiss, listed as a Local Guide on his Google account, wrote that visiting the beached boat is “a uniquely Milwaukee experience.” There’s actually two Google Map listings for the abandoned vessel. The other, terrifically labeled a “religious destination,” unfortunately is uncreatively titled “Milwaukee boat.”
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The Minnow’s actual name is Deep Thought. The 33-footer slid ashore Oct. 13. Its owners, identified by WISN-TV as Richard and Sherry Wells of Mississippi, reportedly got caught up in a storm and ran out of gas. They were rescued, but efforts to pull it free thus far have been unsuccessful. Now with the shoreline ice thickening, there’s no hope of dislodging it until spring.
Here are some of our favorite takes social media has had in the past 90 days about Milwaukee’s favorite Minnow:
Jon Proves He’s a Local
From the Google Reviews…
“There can be a bit of a wait, but the atmosphere is so electric the time flies by! Be sure to spend the extra $25 for the bottomless mimosas,” wrote Google userJoshua Sheeran. (It should be noted that there are no bottomless mimosas, or any other beverages offered by the non-existent crew of the beached boat. In fact, it’s probably best if you don’t eat or drink anything found in Bradford Beach’s sand. And definitely don’t kiss Ginger if she’s wearing her new lipstick.)
Exorbitant Rates!
Somebody Call Mr. Lightfoot
Dustin Schmaus thinks Gordon Lightfoot should come back from the grave to sonically eulogize Milwaukee’s Minnow: “It’s not the Edmund Fitzgerald, but it’ll do,” Schmaus wrote in his Google review.
Perhaps Summing it up Best
From Chris Merkel via Google: “This is absolutely everything you expect from a beached boat. Boat. Water. Beach. Sometimes fish.”
A new local clothing brand, Unfinished Legacy, staged a video shoot in front of the boat.
We Do Too, Tom…
We do too.
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