by Juan A. Lozano , The Associated Press
Posted May 14, 2021 9:48 pm ADT
Last Updated May 14, 2021 at 9:55 pm ADT
Victor Hugo Cuevas, a 26-year-old linked to a missing tiger named India, gets his tie adjusted by his grandmother who did not wish to give her name during a lunch break in the bond revocation hearing of a separate murder charge he s facing Fort Bend County Justice Center on Friday, May 14, 2021, in Richmond.
RICHMOND, Texas (AP) While a Texas man who police allege is the owner of a tiger that frightened residents after it was seen briefly wandering around a Houston neighborhood was ordered back behind bars on Friday, the animal’s whereabouts remain a mystery.
The tiger that has been missing since Sunday could still be in Houston, according to police.
Houston police Commander Ron Borza said Friday during a news conference that even though officials have had no luck finding the tiger, he believes it has not been transported out of the city yet. I believe since Monday that tiger’s probably been passed around six, seven, eight times to different locations here in Houston, Borza said. I don’t think it’s out of Houston yet. Maybe out of the county, but I don’t think so. I think it’s still here in Houston.
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A Bengal tiger is still at large somewhere in the Houston area, police say, but the man last seen with the big cat is now behind bars.
Victor Hugo Cuevas was taken into custody Friday after a Fort Bend County judge revoked his bond on a pending, unrelated murder charge from 2017.
The judge set a new bond for $300,000 and asked the state and defense teams to figure out a trial date on the murder case.
What was supposed to be a short bond revocation hearing turned into a dramatic, day-long examination into what happened Sunday night when prosecutors say Cuevas was spotted with the tiger in a residential neighborhood.
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RICHMOND, Texas – While a Texas man who police allege is the owner of a tiger that frightened residents after it was seen briefly wandering around a Houston neighborhood was ordered back behind bars on Friday, the animal’s whereabouts remain a mystery.
An all-day court hearing Friday didn’t reveal any new information on the tiger’s whereabouts as Houston police say about 300 tips they’ve so far received haven’t panned out.