Pokémon Go players arrested for hopping zoo fence to catch 'em all

Virtual monsters and real monsters? Why not both?
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Listen, we need to hop into this zoo full of captured, real-life animals so that we can capture some more virtual animals for ourselves.

Robin Bartholomy and Adrian Crawford of Toledo, Ohio, jumped the fence of the Toledo Zoo around 2:30am in order to continue filling up their Pokédex on Pokémon Go.

Bartholomy foreshadowed her and Crawford's expedition a few days prior on Facebook, acknowledging she wasn't "above" breaking the law for the sake of being the best, like no one ever was.


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The two were found out via security camera, and detained by the zoo's tiger exhibit.

Be smart guys. Otherwise the police are going to have their own version of "catching 'em all".

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