All charges against Dallas Zoo monkey theft suspect dismissed

The Brief

  • All felony charges against Davion Irvin, the man accused of stealing two monkeys from the Dallas Zoo in 2023, have been dismissed.
  • The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office motioned for dismissal due to Irvin being mentally ill and incompetent to stand trial.
  • Irvin has already spent more time in jail or a state hospital receiving mental health services than the maximum possible sentence.

DALLAS All charges against a man accused of stealing two monkeys from the Dallas Zoo have been dismissed.

Dallas Zoo Monkey Theft

What’s new:

According to court documents filed in June, the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office motioned to dismiss two felony burglary of a building charges against Davion Irvin.

The motion states Irvin is “mentally ill and was found incompetent to stand trial.”

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