Man accused of stealing monkeys from the Dallas Zoo was caught after he asked staff at a nearby aquarium about their animals

• Dallas police have accused a 24-year-old man of stealing two monkeys from the Dallas Zoo.
• The man was arrested at the nearby Dallas Aquarium where he asked staff about their animals.

A 24-year-old man accused of stealing 2 monkeys from the Dallas Zoo was caught at a nearby aquarium near more animal exhibits, according to Dallas police.

Davion Irvin was arrested at the Dallas Aquarium near animal exhibits after police got a tip that he was there, according to a press release from the Dallas Police Department.

A spokesperson for The Dallas World Aquarium told Insider that the man "stopped an employee of The Dallas World Aquarium to ask questions regarding one of our animals." The spokesperson said the employee notified police and the suspect was "later apprehended outside of and away from our facility."

Irvin was checking out the mesh animal enclosures at the aquarium at the time of his arrest, a source told local ABC News outlet WFAA.

Police took Irvin in for questioning and charged him with six counts of animal cruelty. He was then taken to the Dallas County jail where he currently remains.

According to WFAA, police had been looking for Irvin after they identified him in surveillance video from zoo cameras near where the monkeys disappeared.

Representatives for the Dallas Zoo and the Dallas Aquarium did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

The two monkeys went missing from the zoo on January 30, the latest in a series of wild occurrences at the zoo, including animals that died, got loose, or went missing under suspicious circumstances.

First, a clouded leopard went missing from her habitat on January 13.

Dallas police said at the time that a "suspicious" tear had been discovered in Nova's enclosure and that investigators thought was the result of an "intentional act" using a cutting tool.

Nova was found later that day after an hours-long search.

"The circumstances of the death are unusual, and the death does not appear to be from natural causes," zoo staff wrote on Twitter.

Finally, the monkeys — named Bella and Finn — went missing. Both monkeys were found safely inside a closet of an abandoned home in Lancaster, Texas, the next night.

The Dallas Zoo said the monkeys showed "no signs of injury."

"We will continue to monitor them closely, but for now, we're so glad they are safe and back with us," the zoo wrote on Facebook.

Police are investigating all three matters, but have not said whether they're connected. The Dallas Zoo is offering a $25,000 reward for information about the strange incidents.