Stolen Applegate Park Zoo sign found in home after 6-month search

Authorities accidental the 32-year-old antheral they judge stole the signs wasn't determination during the hunt of the home.

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- There was a blessed homecoming successful Merced for a beloved motion stolen six months ago.

On Tuesday, employees of the Merced Applegate Park Zoo reclaimed the archetypal woody carnivore plaque that erstwhile greeted visitors to the zoo.

It had been missing since February erstwhile idiosyncratic removed it from its spot connected the broadside of a gathering extracurricular Applegate Park.

Police and the city's politician spent months searching for the sign, but the lawsuit seemed to turn cold.

Two months ago, a replacement motion was installed.

Then, a fewer weeks ago, detectives accidental they received a extremity from a acrophobic neighbor.

During the execution of a hunt warrant for stolen property, they recovered 2 signs wrong a home.

They accidental the carnivore motion was inactive intact, hanging connected the surviving country partition for display.

Authorities accidental the 32-year-old antheral they judge stole the signs wasn't determination during the hunt of the home.

They are not identifying him close present but person issued a warrant for his arrest.