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Lemur Thief

Aquinas Kasbar, 19, faces up to a year in federal prison and a $100,000 fine after pleading guilty Monday to breaking into the Santa Ana, Calif. zoo and stealing North America’s oldest-living ring-tailed lemur in captivity to keep the endangered animal as a pet.

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Aquinas Kasbar, 19, faces up to a year in federal prison and a $100,000 fine after pleading guilty Monday to breaking into the Santa Ana, Calif., zoo and stealing North America’s oldest-living ring-tailed lemur in captivity to keep the endangered animal as a pet.

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