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This Ain't No Monkey Business!
Two-foot primate is the prime suspect in gardening store break-in

The owners of a Richardson, Texas, gardening store have surveillance video
of what appears to be a monkey burglarizing their business.

Tue, Jul 21, 2009

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http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/This-Aint-No-Monkey-Business.html

Thanks to surveillance video, a monkey is the prime suspect in the latest
break-in at the Richardson nursery.

Plants and Planters has been burglarized several times, but co-owner Jerry
Duncan said it's "definitely never been robbed by a monkey before."
A two-foot primate is the prime suspect in the latest break-in at the
Richardson nursery. Duncan’s wife, Shelley Rosenfeld, said she didn’t
believe it either, "until I looked at it and said, 'This is crazy.'"

The owners of Plants and Planters have watched the surveillance video
hundreds of times and are convinced it shows a monkey stealing from them.
"You can see the back legs, the front arms and the white head," Duncan said.

In the video, the primate appears briefly in the lower left corner, walks
past the fountain and then stops and places his hands on the floor.
Rosenfeld said she believes a human accomplice trained the monkey to lift
the plants and pass them over the gate.

About 40 plants were missing the nursery, and pieces of concrete were
shattered in the parking lot.

"They need to train him better," Duncan said. "Especially if he is going to
do the big jobs."

For now, Richardson police are stuck with the job of figuring out who is
responsible.

"I wouldn’t think there would be too many monkeys in this city," Duncan
said.