Raccoon’s courthouse crime spree ends with capture

The evidence in his office gave the judge pause: a half-eaten apple and some very distinctive footprints.

Federal bankruptcy Judge Paul W. Bonapfel reported the break-in last week at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in downtown Atlanta.

The intruder made no effort to cover his tracks across a stack of federal memos in the 14th-floor office. When the judge called in his staff and others to examine the scene, the evidence was conclusive: The perpetrator was a raccoon.

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Tagged as: Animal Tracks, Animals, Atlanta, Footprints, Intruders, Judge Paul W. Bonapfel, Judges, Raccoons, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, Tracks

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