Pet monkey jumps through drive-thru window and attacks Starbucks worker, AL cops say

Mitchell Willetts, The State on Jan 19, 2025

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A Starbucks employee was attacked by a customer’s pet monkey, Alabama police say.

The incident happened on Friday, Jan. 10, the Mobile Police Department said in a Jan. 19 email. The animal and its owner were gone by the time officers arrived, but investigators pieced together what happened.

The employee was working the drive-through when a monkey inside a customer’s vehicle got free, police said.

“The monkey then leapt from the vehicle, through the window of the business, and attacked an employee,” according to police.

A co-worker rushed to help and pulled the monkey off of the employee.

“The monkey then reentered the customer’s vehicle before the customer drove away,” police said.

“The owner of the animal could face charges. This remains an active Animal Services investigation,” police said.

Mobile County health officials told Lagniappe Daily that the animal has been identified as an Aotus monkey.

Aotus monkeys, a genus of nocturnal monkeys, are native to Central and South America, according to the University of Wisconsin’s National Primate Research Center.

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