WATCH: Florida Man’s Pet Monkey Clings to Him as He Is Arrested

By Tactical-Life

A Florida man arrested for driving a stolen car into a ditch was found with a pet monkey in his possession. Body camera footage shows the animal desperately clinging to its owner as police place him in handcuffs. Check out the amusing video above.

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The Tampa Bay Times reports that the suspect—23-year-old Cody Blake Hession—stole a car from a driveway in St. Petersburg at around 4:24 a.m. after finding the car keys on the floorboard of the unlocked car.

Hession drove the car about 30 miles north when Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies say he drove it into a ditch off U.S. 19. He then got out of the car and tried to flee the scene. The Miami Herald says he was arrested at around 6:43 a.m. in the 2700 block of U.S. 19 in the suburb of Holiday.

When deputies found Hession, they also discovered with him a capuchin pet monkey named Monk. Monk wore a diaper and a leash while clinging to Hession, who told deputies he had gotten the animal …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life