Lemur Thief

A Los Angeles teen agreed Monday to plead guilty to breaking into the Santa Ana Zoo and stealing the country’s oldest living ring-tailed lemur, an endangered species.

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Aquinas Kasbar, 19, of Los Angeles, faces up to a year in federal prison and a $100,000 after agreeing Monday to plead guilty to breaking into the Santa Ana Zoo and stealing the country’s oldest living ring-tailed lemur, an endangered species.

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