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Mail-eating monkey swings from street sign, pulls molding from police car

By Ben Hooper
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SANFORD, Fla., Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Florida police said officers responding to a report of a monkey raiding a resident's mailbox for papery snacks used a bottle of water to "distract" the simian.

The Sanford Police Department said in a Facebook post officers responded to a resident's home in the Hidden Lakes subdivision shortly after 8 a.m. Monday on a report of a monkey sitting atop a resident's mailbox and eating their letters.

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Officers arrived to find the monkey climbing on a street sign and swinging it back and forth.

The Facebook post said the monkey then "decided to pull off the molding from one of our patrol cars."

Monkey Loose in Sanford

Shortly after 8:00 a.m., we received a call from a Sanford resident that lives in the Hidden Lakes subdivision reporting that a monkey was eating mail out of a mailbox. When we arrived to help the monkey, later identified at Zeek, he decided to pull off the molding from one of our patrol cars. We were able to distract Zeek with a bottle of water until his owner came and retrieved him.

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Posted by Sanford Police Department on Monday, September 28, 2015
Zeek had a little fun with our patrol car.

Zeek had a little fun with our patrol car.

Posted by Sanford Police Department on Monday, September 28, 2015

Police said they were able to "distract" the monkey, later identified as a pet named Zeek, with a plastic water bottle.

Zeek was released into the custody of his owner.

Shortly after 8:00 a.m., we received a call from a Sanford resident that lives in the Hidden Lakes subdivision reporting...

Posted by Sanford Police Department on Monday, September 28, 2015

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