A monkey in a pink tutu that slipped out of a Missouri home was captured before a winter storm slammed the state.

In an unusual police stop, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said they discovered a spider monkey wearing a pink-colored ...

Sheriff's deputies in Missouri came to the rescue of a spider monkey wearing a pink tutu near a busy highway. The Jefferson ...

The spider monkey, wearing what the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office described as a tutu, was found around 4 p.m. It had ...

An escaped spider monkey in a pink tutu was rescued on the side of a Missouri highway after running up to a sheriff’s deputy ...

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A spider monkey on the loose was safely rescued by officers with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Friday afternoon.

Deputies in Missouri encountered a “bananas” situation when they came face to face with a nearly-naked suspect. But the ...

The sheriff's office said the small monkey was returned to its caretaker after “careful negotiations and some coaxing." ...

"After negotiations, deputies managed to control the situation without incident," said the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office on Facebook.

The spider monkey was spotted Friday afternoon ... Facebook page show a deputy kneeling on the ground before the tutu-clad monkey approached and grabbed his hands. The sheriff's office said ...