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The star of HBO’s “Chimp Crazy” was arrested for allegedly ignoring court orders in an ongoing saga over lying to hide how she’d locked up one of her movie-star chimps in her basement ...
Judge Stephen Clark sentenced chimpanzee handler Tonia Haddix to more than what advisory guidelines recommended, as he told Haddix directly that it’s as if she’s been wearing virtual reality ...
ST. LOUIS – The infamous Missouri chimpanzee owner, Tonia Haddix, was sentenced to 46 months behind bars Thursday afternoon. The 55-year-old pleaded guilty in March to two counts of perjury and ...
FOX 2 News has learned that authorities found the chimpanzee in the basement of her Sunrise Beach, Missouri, home, which she shares with husband Jerry Aswegan. The chimp was not registered.
Exotic animal broker and "Chimp Crazy" star Tonia Haddix, who is embroiled in a lawsuit with PETA, was arrested Saturday, a little more than a week after authorities found a chimpanzee stashed in ...
ST. LOUIS — Lawyers for “Crazy Chimp” star Tonia Haddix are asking the court for a lesser sentence of one year and one day, instead of the potential 20-year maximum.
Sandra Herold, 72, died Monday of a ruptured aortic anuerysm. Herold owned the chimp Travis, who brutally mauled Charla Nash in February 2009.
A Missouri woman who starred in the HBO documentary series "Chimp Crazy" has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison after she lied that a movie star primate that she was accused of ...
Kijana, a 32-year-old chimp at Saint Louis Zoo. Known for his friendly nature, he will be missed by his caretakers and chimp family.