{"id":390903,"date":"2026-01-06T03:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T03:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/390903\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T03:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T03:30:10","slug":"loose-monkey-caught-in-tennessee-after-rampaging-through-guitar-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/390903\/","title":{"rendered":"Loose monkey caught in Tennessee after rampaging through guitar shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mischievous monkey who damaged musical instruments at a Tennessee guitar shop <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/04\/us-news\/monkey-that-previously-escaped-from-mississippi-truck-now-sheltered-in-nj-wildlife-refuge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is in custody<\/a> after an hours-long monkeyhunt.<\/p>\n<p>The furry felon \u2014 a Cinnamon Capuchin native to Central and South America \u2014 was caught Sunday after being spotted rampaging through the Trade Center music shop in Morristown.<\/p>\n<p>The small business owners called police around 8 a.m. to report the damage, which security footage revealed to be caused by the little brown primate.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38093935\" width=\"443\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/animal-control-unable-capture-monkey-118285845.jpg\" alt=\"A monkey in a musical instrument store, surrounded by guitars and equipment.\" class=\"wp-image-38093935\"  \/>The monkey was caught Sunday after a day on the loose in Tennessee. It is believed to have been stolen from a farm. Morristown Police Department<\/p>\n<p>Images released by police <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/18\/world-news\/two-men-caught-with-81-monkeys-meth-in-thailand-wildlife-smuggling-ring-authorities-say\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">showed the small fella <\/a>leaning over a guitar stand while peering into a glass case full of effects pedals, while a Fender Stratocaster and other guitars stood nearby.<\/p>\n<p>After a search of the area \u2014 where police had asked the public to report any sightings \u2014 the monkey was finally caught by Sunday evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbir.com\/article\/news\/local\/hamblen-jefferson-cocke-greene\/morristown-police-searching-monkey-who-damaged-business-musical-instruments\/51-dc7583d6-cdf7-4da1-ba42-490669a195f3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">10News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/04\/us-news\/2nd-monkey-that-escaped-from-overturned-transport-truck-gunned-down-in-mississippi-1-more-still-on-the-loose\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">where or how the beast<\/a> was bested, but police were seen hauling a large animal carrying crate over a chain-link fence in a residential yard.<\/p>\n<p>The monkey is believed to have been stolen from an Alabama farm and sold to a Tennessee woman, though it also remains unclear how it escaped. <\/p>\n<p>Its original owner was notified of its discovery \u2014 and its shenanigans\u2013 by the US Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mischievous monkey who damaged musical instruments at a Tennessee guitar shop is in custody after an hours-long&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[8637,2837,49,48,98573,66,1445,886,323],"class_list":["post-390903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animal-attacks","tag-animals","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-monkeys","tag-science","tag-tennessee","tag-us-news","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}