Police: Man in zebra suit robbed drug store

The plan must have seemed foolproof.

Put on zebra suit. Rob drug store. Get away.

But the man who Michigan State Police say robbed a Caro Rite Aid in a zebra suit Friday night, neglected to account for one detail — the snow.

A dog and the man's footprints in the snow led police right to the man's door, according to Michigan State Police Sgt. Ryan Pennell.

Pennell described the Caro-area man, who is not being identified because he has not been charged, as cooperative after police tracked him down shortly after the robbery about 7:47 p.m. He's accused of taking an undisclosed amount of cash and property from the store, located about 90 miles north of Detroit.

When asked to describe the zebra suit, Pennell said witnesses had two different accounts, calling it either a full zebra pajama outfit or a zebra coat with pants.

It's unclear if the suit was recovered.

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