Police captured kangaroo

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — cops captured an unlikely suspect bouncing through a Florida neighborhood Thursday morning.

After receiving a call a few kangaroos running loose, Fort Lauderdale cops managed to capture him and place him during a cruiser. The marsupial was taken to a barn where the agency keeps its horses.

Anthony Macias, who claims to be the kangaroo’s owner, told the Sun-Sentinel he had been hoping to bring his pet, Jack, home, but police told him the animal won’t be returned, because Fort Lauderdale isn’t zoned for kangaroos.

Macias said he was at work when he learned Jack had escaped.

“I was removing the recycle bin, and that I didn’t shut the gate all the way,” Macias said. “I guess he just punched his way through.”

Jack was first spotted a few blocks from Macias’s home around 9:30 a.m., officials said. Officers followed him for 3 blocks before grabbing him.

Macias said he got Jack about four months ago from a Davie man who was moving and didn't want the animal anymore. Macias also features a Corgi named Max.

“They love one another,” he said. “They play and frolic .”

Officials weren’t sure where Jack would find yourself, but Macias said he has friends in Palm Beach County who are permitted to deal with kangaroos.