Police arrest suspect in butterfly theft from Krohn Conservatory

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Channel: LOCAL 12 · 2018 · News & Politics

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CINCINNATI, Ohio (WKRC) - Police say they have arrested the suspect in the theft of a butterfly from the Krohn Conservatory. They issued a warrant for the arrest of Jamie Revis on Friday morning and arrested her Friday afternoon.

Police believe it was Revis who was seen on surveillance video stepping into landscaping at the Krohn Conservatory to steal a butterfly from the annual Butterflies of Madagascar show.

A rare blue morpho African butterfly was taken. The video shows her pushing past a worker there to leave from a side door.

Police say Revis was arrested at her house in Springfield Township.

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