Sheriff: Fugitive, "Tiger King" player, captured in Washington County
GRANVILLE, N.Y. (WRGB) - One of the stars of the hit Netflix series Tiger king has been arrested.
This happened up in Granville in Washington county where police found him at a bed and breakfast.
Timothy Lee Stark was arrested for having two active warrants out of Indiana. Police here say Stark told them he was on vacation and had planned on turning himself in. Stark was arrested and transported to the jail by members of the Granville Village Police Department.
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The Indiana Attorney General says Stark ran the Wildlife in Need organization, which claims to save and nurture animals in need until they’re ready to be released back into the wild.
The Indiana AG said that in reality, the animals were suffering under Stark’s watch.
Police say his two warrants were for criminal contempt and for committing intimidation and battery on Indiana investigators at his home.
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Police here in Granville say Stark was staying at the Station House Bed and Breakfast.
A witness claimed to have seen him talking about his animals, and called police, who eventually found out he had active warrants. Officers evacuated the bed and breakfast after finding out Stark may have had a live grenade on him. Stark eventually gave himself up, but was completely cooperative. The grenade turned out to be a fake.
Ryan Pedone, PIO of the Granville Police Department, said,
“He was cracking jokes and laughing the whole time he was here. You couldn’t have asked someone to be more cooperative than he was.”
Stark has been charged with being a fugitive from justice, and has been remanded to the Washington county jail, before he is extradited back to Indiana.
