Doritos-eating suspect, 24, also faces charges after clouded leopard escaped enclosure at Dallas Zoo

A 24-year-old Texas man arrested for stealing two tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo now faces more charges in connection with a clouded leopard that escaped from its enclosure after the fence was cut down.

Davion Dwight Irvin was arrested near the Dallas Aquarium on Thursday and charged with animal cruelty. He was booked into the Dallas County Jail and his bond was set at $25,000.

His arrest comes a day after police released a surveillance photo of him, holding a bag of Doritos, as he crawled through the zoo apparently looking at the animal enclosures.

On Wednesday, officers found the monkeys inside a vacant church home that was also filled with cats, birds and other small animals.

Dallas Zoo staff said Irvin had asked them obscure questions, including how to care for the tamarin monkeys, and in a separate incident asked for directions to the clouded leopard enclosure, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Dallas morning news.

The Dallas Zoo, the largest in Texas, has been plagued by a series of criminal incidents.

The first of the strange incidents occurred on January 13, when a clouded leopard named Nova suddenly disappeared from its enclosure.

The event prompted a day-long search for the 25-pound feline, which was finally tracked down by police a few hours later right next to zoo property. Later he was returned to his enclosure safe and sound.

Forced to close during the search for the cat, the zoo resumed normal operations the next day, until it was discovered that a second habitat, one that housed a breed of monkey known as langurs, had also been destroyed. Cut inside.

Fortunately, the hole was discovered before any of the animals could escape.

A police report later alleged that the incidents were the result of “criminal mischief” that prompted zoo staff to implement a series of additional security measures, including the installation of additional cameras and more security patrols at night.

A week later, an endangered 35-year-old vulture was found dead inside its habitat, putting the zoo in jeopardy again. the local police department, this time asking for help in their own investigation, which found the vulture’s cause of death to be an injury.

It was soon perceived that the vulture’s death was likely the result of foul play, and was deemed “suspicious” by officials.

And on Monday, the two monkeys, Bella and Finn, were not in their enclosure, which had been “intentionally compromised.”

In the days before the latest incident, a detective was told Irvin asked questions about animals at the zoo, including the monkeys and the “status and location” of the clouded leopard, The Dallas Morning News reported.

He also allegedly inquired about how to care for the tamarin monkeys, and was seen entering non-public areas around the monkey enclosure and looking through windows that were not accessible to the public, the affidavit says.

The exotic monkeys were found Tuesday by officials inside a church closet in Lancaster, about 15 miles from the Dallas Zoo.

The animals were unharmed even though temperatures inside the building were just 37 degrees, authorities said.

Police received a tip when the church’s pastor told them that Irvin might be the same person who had been breaking into his church.

When officials went to the empty church to investigate the thefts, they found a large number of other animals inside, including cats and birds.

Sources told WFAA that they are looking into the possibility that Irvin is connected to all the incidents that took place at the Dallas Zoo in the previous weeks.

The church’s pastor’s daughter, Tonya Thomas, said church members had recognized Irvin by attending services at the church.

She told authorities about a series of burglaries that were taking place at the church that was being renovated into a community center.

Meanwhile, news broke yesterday that a dozen monkeys had been stolen in a robbery at a zoo in Louisiana.

The primates were removed from their enclosure in Zoosiana on Saturday, Broussard Zoo staff revealed in a statement, adding that the incident occurred just before midnight.

In all, 12 squirrel monkeys were taken, the zoo said, and officials said an unidentified perpetrator also attacked other small monkeys during the raid, before taking only the aforementioned animals.

Zoosiana, a six-hour drive from Dallas, offered its first statement about its theft Monday, revealing on Facebook that the ‘The facility was raided shortly before midnight on Saturday, January 28.

He continued: ‘The individual installations targeted smaller primates and specifically engaged the squirrel monkey exhibit. Unfortunately, the individual managed to steal 12 squirrel monkeys.

“The remaining squirrel monkeys have been carefully evaluated by both Zoosiana’s veterinarian and the animal care team, and there are no other apparent issues affecting their health or well-being,” it added.

“All other animals are accounted for and appear to have been undisturbed.”

Zoo officials did not specify how many squirrel monkeys had initially been in the enclosure, but said they are working with local, state and federal agencies to try to locate the missing monkeys.