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Owner of tiger spotted in west Houston neighborhood arrested
By FOX 26 Staff
Police arrest alleged owner of tiger seen walking streets of Houston
The attorney for 26-year-old Victor Cuevas says his client doesn t own the tiger and has no idea where it is.
HOUSTON - Police say the owner of a tiger seen walking around in west Houston, Victor Hugo Cuevas was arrested in Fort Bend County. His attorney says he was going to turn himself in this evening at the Harris County Jail.
His attorney tells FOX 26 the roaming tiger is not his client’s and he doesn’t know where the tiger is now.
Man Whose Escaped Pet Tiger Roaming Houston Is Out on Bond For Murder, Police Say
On 5/10/21 at 6:05 PM EDT
Police are searching for the owner of a tiger who escaped with the big cat after it was seen wandering a Houston neighborhood late Sunday night.
The owner, whose name has not been released, was arrested for a November 2020 murder in Fort Bend County, Texas, and was released on bond, according to local law enforcement. After gaining attention from the sighting of his exotic pet, the suspect loaded the Bengal tiger into his car and drove off.
Neighbor Jose Ramos, who told KHOU-TV he was the first to spot the tiger, saw it lying outside in the grass across the street from his house around 8 p.m Sunday. He then alerted his neighbors through an online posting and called 911.